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Night owls may have 10 percent higher risk of early death, study says

  • Written by Kristen Knutson, Associate Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University
Night owls, or people who have a hard time waking up in the morning, face health risks as a result.aslysun/Shutterstock.com

Do you wake up bright eyed and bushy-tailed, greeting the sunrise with cheer and vigor? Or are you up late into the night and dread the sound of your alarm clock? We call this inherent tendency to prefer certain times of day...

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