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<p>Brian Fung&#0160;<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/09/when-you-cant-sleep-how-good-is-lying-in-bed-with-your-eyes-closed/262484/" target="_self">wonders</a>&#0160;about the best thing to do when you can&#39;t fall asleep:</p>
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<p>[Y]our best move, if you&#39;ve been in bed for 20 minutes and still aren&#39;t dozing off, is to get up and engage in a low-light, low-stress activity like reading until you begin to feel tired. Taking your mind off of &quot;Why am I not sleeping?! I need to sleep!&quot; is crucial. When you do get up, though, don&#39;t use your computer or phone or watch TV &#8212; the blue-colored light from the screens tricks your body into thinking it&#39;s daytime and not releasing melatonin.&#0160;<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/03/your-bodys-internal-clock-and-how-it-affects-your-overall-health/254518/">Sweet, sweet melatonin</a>.</p>
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<p>Meanwhile, Austin Frakt <a href="http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/can-too-much-sleep-kill-you/" target="_self">reads</a>&#0160;a recent sleep&#0160;<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00732.x/full" target="_self">study</a>&#0160;and ponders&#0160;whether too much sleep is unhealthy. His bottom line:</p>
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<p>All we can say is that sleeping about 7 to 8 hours is what healthy people tend to do. There’s no evidence sleeping longer is helpful, and it could be harmful.</p>
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