"Sleep deprivation has been a watchword in health discussions in recent years, but a new analysis overturns the idea that we're all zombies.Americans get about 8 hours of sleep a night, possibly more in recent years, according to the University of Maryland study, which counters annual polls conducted by the non-profit National Sleep Foundation that show we get only 7 hours nightly or less. The foundation, however, is funded in part by drug companies that make sleep aids...
The Sleep Foundation is funded by donors, members and grants, among other sources. Supporters for 2007-2008 include Actelion Pharmaceuticals (which has been developing an experimental sleeping aid), Eli Lilly and Company (maker of the barbiturate Seconal), GlaxoSmithKline (which makes Sominex and reportedly will market a sleeping aid under the name Lunivia), Novartis (which makes Excedrin PM), Respironics (which makes breathing-assistance machines for people with sleep apnea), Sealy (the mattress company) and Sepracor (which owns the sleeping aid drug Lunesta). "
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