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The Thought Show: Sleeping: The 8-hour Myth

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26/02/2015

Sleeping: The 8-hour Myth

BBC World Service - The Thought Show, Sleeping: The 8-hour Myth

More Or Less hears why sleeping for 8 hours may do more harm than good.

More Or Less hears why sleeping for 8 hours may do more harm than good; Trending reports on sexuality in China and the Why Factor asks why some rich people want to get even richer

In More Or Less, Ruth Alexander hears that although it's often said we should be aiming to get eight hours sleep a night, could it actually lead us to an early grave? Research shows that sleeping for longer, or shorter, than average is associated with an increased risk of disease and mortality, but what's really causing the health problems? Dr Gregg Jacobs from UMASS Medical Centre, US, Professor Franco Cappuccio from Warwick University, UK, Professor Jim Horne of Loughborough University, UK, and Professor Shawn Youngstedt of Arizona State University, talk about the latest sleep science.
BBC Trending with Mukul Devichand reports on the outpouring of anger among women and men on the streets of Turkey and on social media over the murder of a 20 year old woman, Ozgecan Aslan, by a man who was allegedly trying to rape her as she was travelling home alone on a minibus. Turkish women share their stories online about their everyday experiences of sexual harrassment. Trending also speaks to the Chinese gay rights activist behind a video Coming Home urging parents to welcome their gay children home for the New Year holiday and to accept homosexuality.     
In the Why Factor, Mike Williams asks why the rich want to get richer. Why when you've got a million or even a billion  you want to make more? Mike Williams asks what drives them and whether the rich are different from everyone else.

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