Sleep deprivation… silent killer!

“…There is also a growing recognition that sleep restriction is a risk factor for significant metabolic dysfunction. Sleep deprivation could be the silent killer of the 21st Century but in a different way from how hypertension was similarly labelled in the 20th Century.”
Prof Michael Chee, Cognitive Neuroscience Lab(www.cogneuro-lab.org), Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore

For more information, visit http://www.nus.edu.sg/research/rg124.php

So one more “to-do” to include in my New Year Resolution list: Go to bed early!!

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