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How many hours is considered enough sleep?

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How many hours is considered enough sleep?

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Sleep needs vary from person to person--and vary across a person's lifetime, says Michael Timothy Smith, MA, PhD, director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program at Johns Hopkins University, in this HealthMakers video.

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