March 21, 2009

Enough Sleep can Prevent Flu


To prevent flu, you probably need a clean pillow. The researchers found that a person who have regular 8 hours sleep will not easily get flu or sick. But for the person who always have less sleep or having difficulties in sleeping are more likely to have a flu or sick.

Experiment
Pittsburgh Camegie Mellon University United States recruited 153 "hero" ,around 21 ~ 55 years old, let them confrontation with the common cold virus (Rhinovirus). After they stay together into a hotel for 5 days, only 54 people (35 %~) did not flu.

A Researchers Group "Archives of Internal Medicine1"have pointed out that sleeping less than 7 hours of people compare with those who sleep 8 hours, has a 3 times as high rate of sickly.

Researcher pointed out that sleep apparently to adjust people's immune response, so that the most linked to maintenance a person's healthy and performance.

1 comment:

  1. Do you notice that get sick because a fews day lack of sleep?

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thx for your comment.=) and share your daily habit with me.and your blog too=P

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