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Sleep loss and health problems

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/031614_1.mp3

According to the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School, a lack of sleep can contribute to a host of health problems including obesity, high blood pressure, mood disorders and impaired immune function. Ilene M. Rosen, M.D., discusses the link between a lack of sleep and mental/physical problems. as well as why a lack of sleep causes these problems.