<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/63f7779a-388b-448b-89a1-01c3782a7157/D320F673-AF57-4D1C-AECC-AAA5EB650F2D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/health/22real.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss#" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/health/22real.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss#" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/health/22real.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss#"><NYT_HEADLINE type=" " version="1.0"> The Claim: Lack of Sleep Increases the Risk of Catching a Cold. </NYT_HEADLINE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/health/22real.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss#"><P><SPAN class="bold">THE FACTS </SPAN>As cold season approaches, many Americans stock up on their <A title="In-depth reference and news articles about Vitamin C." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/nutrition/vitamin-c/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier">vitamin C</A> and echinacea. But heeding the age-old advice about catching up on sleep might be more important.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/health/22real.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss#"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/FD97D1A9-8A4D-48BE-9C5B-1997206FDB5D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/health/22real.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss#"><P>Studies have demonstrated that poor sleep and susceptibility to <A title="In-depth reference and news articles about Common cold." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/common-cold/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier">colds</A> go hand in hand, and scientists think it could be a reflection of the role sleep plays in maintaining the body’s defenses. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/health/22real.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss#">Sleep and <A title="In-depth reference and news articles about Immune response." href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/specialtopic/immune-response/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier">immunity</A>, it seems, <A title="Read the abstract." href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/8">are tightly linked</A>. Studies have found that mammals that require the most sleep also <A title="Read the abstract." href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16102986?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum">produce greater levels of disease-fighting white blood cells</A> — but not red blood cells, even though both are produced in bone marrow and stem from the same precursor.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/health/22real.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss#"><P>“Species that have evolved longer sleep durations,” the Planck scientists wrote, “appear to be able to increase investment in their immune systems and be better protected.”</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D320F673-AF57-4D1C-AECC-AAA5EB650F2D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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