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Health Check: are naps good for us?

  • Written by Gemma Paech, Postdoctoral research fellow, Biological Rhythms Research Lab, Washington State University
imageCan a power nap increase productivity? Will it affect your sleep at night?Adam Lynch/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Catnap, kip, snooze, siesta; whatever you call naps, there is no doubt these once frowned-upon short sleeps are gaining acceptance. The increase in popularity is not surprising, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US finding...

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