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Women need 20 minutes' more sleep than men, suggests study

Loughborough, UK, January 27 -- Latest research by a British sleep expert proposes that women need 20 minutes' more sleep on an average, as they perform more jobs than men.

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The research initiated by Professor Jim Horne and his colleagues from the Sleep Research Centre at Loughborough University found that 18 percent of women complain of a bad night sleep at least five days in a week compared to only 8 percent men.

Professor Horne, who is the lead author of the study and also director at the Sleep Research Centre, informs, “Women need 20 minutes more shut-eye than the average man. This is because women’s brains are wired differently from men’s and are more complex, so their sleep need is slightly greater.”

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