College students not getting enough Z’s


Many U.S. college students aren’t getting the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep per night, a problem that could affect their ability to learn, a new survey says. HealthDay News reports that University of Cincinnati researchers asked nearly 200 undergraduate college students aged 18 to 24 who did not live at home about their sleep habits. Most of them worked full- or part-time, and only 24 percent said they got at least seven to eight hours of sleep. More than half (55 percent) said they slept less than seven hours, and 21 percent slept more than eight hours. Lack of sleep can impair concentration and memory, the lead researcher said…

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