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Podcast: Dr. Howard Smith Reports
Episode: Weekend Sleep Benefits Teens
Description: Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTdkxtBjXSc/Teen catching up on their lost sleep over the weekend had a 41 percent lower risk of depressive symptoms compared with peers who didn’t. This the conclusion of a collaborative study by University of Oregon and SUNY Upstate Medical University that analyzed health data from 1087 16- to 24-year-olds. The study was just published in the Journal of Affective Disorders and utilized data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Since busy teens find it difficult to clock the ide...