Torbjörn Åkerstedt, PhD, of the Stress Research Institute of Stockholm University, senior professor in the department of clinical neuroscience at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and coauthor with researchers from Stockholm University of the study “Sleep duration and mortality—Does weekend sleep matter?” published in Journal of Sleep Research.
When a hectic workweek keeps you from getting enough sleep, your risk for an early death rises. Here’s how to make up the deficit.
