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Sleep quality drops with age, but effects diminish

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men and women in their 80s and 90s sleep less and have poorer quality sleep than young individuals, but they are also less likely to report feeling unrested or overly sleepy the next day, investigators report in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/reuters/healthNews?a=qCiJnH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/reuters/healthNews?i=qCiJnH" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?a=g1ZxyK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?i=g1ZxyK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?a=Z3db7k"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?i=Z3db7k" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?a=1jVbSk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?i=1jVbSk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~4/377483887" height="1" width="1"/>