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Does hitting the snooze button really help you feel better?

  • Written by Steven Bender, Clinical Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Texas A&M University
How many times do you hit snooze before getting out of bed?DGLimages

To sleep or to snooze? You probably know the answer, but you don’t prefer it.

Most of us probably use the snooze function on our alarm clocks at some point in our lives. Just a few more minutes under the covers, a time to gather our thoughts, right?

While such snoozing might...

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