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The Vivid Dreams Stage of REM Sleep Is Linked With a Lower Risk of 83 Diseases
There's a lot more to sleep than just the amount of time that passes between you drifting off and waking up again – and the different facets of our slumber also have different implications for our health.
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A study published in PLOS Medicine examined sleep patterns of 95,559 participants from a UK health project, led by researchers at Capital Medical University in China. The analysis linked the vivid‑dreams stage of REM sleep with a reduced risk of 83 distinct diseases. The findings suggest that specific REM sleep characteristics may have broad health implications.
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