Announcement: Short sleep in workers under 45 linked to 55% higher mortality, Israeli 36-year study finds

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A 36-year Israeli occupational cohort study of 7,287 workers found that young adults (under 45) sleeping 5 hours or less nightly showed 55% higher all-cause mortality risk—exceeding the whole-cohort effect and challenging assumptions that short sleep primarily harms older workers. — Photo by www.kaboompics.com on Pexels (Pexels License)

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Israeli 36-year cohort study challenges sleep research orthodoxy: young workers (under 45) sleeping ≤5 hours show 55% higher mortality risk—exceeding whole-cohort effects and suggesting sleep deprivation harms accrue earlier than previously thought. Published in American Journal of Industrial Medicine.

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ByProf. Giorgi Pkhakadze

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Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD, is Editor-in-Chief of the Georgian Medical Journal and Chair of the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). He is Professor and Head of the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at David Tvildiani Medical University, and Secretary/Treasurer of the UEMS Section of Public Health. ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.

Announcement: Short sleep in workers under 45 linked to 55% higher mortality, Israeli 36-year study finds

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