Sleep shortage increases susceptibility to catching cold - study

Tests on men and women reveal those who sleep six hours or less a night are more than four times as likely to contract virus as those resting for seven or more hours

People who get too little sleep are more likely to catch a cold, according to US scientists who suspect that a good night’s sleep is crucial for the body’s immune defences.

Those who slept six hours a night or less were four times more likely to catch a cold when they were exposed to the virus than people who spent more than seven hours a night asleep, their study found.

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