Close the book. Turn off the TV. You need to go to bed, turn off the light and sleep. Losing sleep does more than make you foggy the next day. It can cause a permanent loss of brain cells. And not just a few. A consistent lack of sleep can result in the irreversible loss of as much as 25 percent of brain cells, according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and collaborators from Peking University. The research shows the first evidence that sleep loss can lead to a loss of brain cells -- at least in mice. And since humans and mice share the same neural networks, this is an excellent way to understand the sleep habits of humans. Veasey says there is every indication we function the same way as mice. So, regularly getting the proper amount of sleep is critically important to your continued good health. And while you can get away with occasionally staying up too late, doing this repeatedly will take its toll with irreversible damage. And sleeping long hours on the weekend wont fix it.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 12:20:21 +0000
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