Eight-hour sleep rule questioned by new research

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In Short: But growing evidence suggests that eight hours of sleep may not be optimal for everyone, according to a new review.

But growing evidence suggests that eight hours of sleep may not be optimal for everyone, according to a new narrative review in Brain Medicine, as reported by the Independent.

To better understand natural sleep patterns, researchers have studied hunter-gatherer communities, whose lifestyles are closer to those of our ancestors and who have little or no access to artificial light, as noted in the Independent.

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