Don't stay up too late!

Many of you have heard me whine about my recent late nights watching the Olympics. It's so addicting and entertaining for me. But...

Chronic poor sleep may weaken vaccines’ ability to protect you from disease, MyHealthNewsDaily reported Aug. 1.
Adults who sleep fewer than six hours per night are 11.5 times more likely to have insufficient Hepatitis B antibodies after receiving a standard three-dose vaccine regimen than adults who sleep seven hours or more nightly, new research led by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh says.
Lack of sleep can have a profound effect on the immune system. People who get less than seven hours of sleep nightly are more than three times as likely to catch a cold as those who sleep more, earlier studies show. Whether there’s a similar connection between lack of sleep and the effectiveness of other vaccines besides hepatitis B remains to be seen, but the researchers concede that it is possible.
“In time, physicians and other health-care professionals who administer vaccines may want to consider asking their patients about their sleep patterns,” say lead author Aric Prather, Ph.D.
The study appears in the August 2012 issue of the journal SLEEP.


Pretty interesting. Make sure to get to bed tonight!