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1. 2 Sep 19 5:37 PM

   Coverage of the REM-sleep findings continues to circulate online

   Two days after publication, health-news coverage of the study's headline finding — that more REM sleep is tied to lower risk for 83 diseases — is still being shared on social platforms.

   “More REM Sleep Tied To Lower Risk For 83 Diseases…”

   1. 5 outlets The Vivid Dreams Stage of REM Sleep Is Linked With a Lower Risk of 83 Diseases

      first by ScienceAlert, 3d ago · also Newsweek, 2 Minute Medicine, HuffPost UK, ScienceDaily

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      • One Type of Sleep Linked to Lower Risk of 83 Diseases, Study Finds Newsweek · 2d ago
      • Increased rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is associated with lower risks of several chronic diseases 2 Minute Medicine · 1d ago
      • One Particular Stage Of Sleep Has Been Linked To A Lower Risk Of 83 Diseases HuffPost UK · 1d ago
      • More REM sleep linked to lower risk of 83 diseases Science Daily · 4h ago
   2. 1 outlet More dream sleep linked to lower risk of 83 diseases, including diabetes

      first by Medical News Today, 6d ago

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     DATE: September 23, 2026 at 11:58PM SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY MIND-BRAIN FEED TITLE: More REM sleep linked to lower risk of 83 diseases URL: https://www. sciencedaily.com/releases/2026 /09/260923035930.htm A large study tracking more than 95,000 people suggests that how you sleep may be linked to your risk of developing dozens of diseases. People who…

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3. 1 Sep 17 2:10 PM

   Science Media Centre circulates expert reaction to the findings

   The Science Media Centre publishes outside experts' commentary on the study's methodology and implications alongside the wider news-outlet pickup of the PLOS Medicine paper.

   “The findings provide additional evidence supporting the role of a 6-8 hours' sleep duration as a health safeguard for middle-aged and older adults, likely attributable to more favorable distributions of sleep stages…”

4. backgroundSep 17

   Study finds REM sleep tied to lower risk of 83 diseases — The analysis reports greater REM sleep (per interquartile range of 47.6 minutes) associated with lower risk of 83 diseases including heart failure, dementia and Parkinson's disease, while greater deep sleep was linked to lower risk of 7 conditions including type 2 diabetes and major depressive disorder; sleep under 5 hours was linked to higher risk of 37 conditions.

5. backgroundSep 17

   Capital Medical University team publishes UK Biobank sleep-stage study — Shengzhi Sun and colleagues publish a PLOS Medicine study analyzing seven days of wrist-accelerometer data from 95,559 UK Biobank participants, using a deep-learning algorithm to derive REM, deep and light sleep stages and testing associations with over 1,000 disease outcomes over a median 8.9-year follow-up.