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The Link Between Sleep and Cognitive Decline
The risks of polyphasic sleep include worse physical, cognitive, and mood outcomes, and those who get less than six hours of sleep a night have a 300% increased risk of developing calcification of the coronary artery. Researchers have also linked a lack of sleep to Alzheimer's disease, raising questions about whether the sleep habits of famous people who died from the disease, such as Ronald Reagan, played a role.