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Sleep & health: now we know how sleep helps the brain

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It's been known for a long time than sleep is needed for good health including the brain. This article goes one step further in explaining how sleep can help "clean" and "repair" the brain.

Scientists Now Know How Sleep Cleans Toxins From the Brain wired.com/story/scientists-...

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Interesting! Thanks for posting.

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I had heard that,that our brain gets rid of garbage and cleans itself in deep sleep

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Sleep is when a body/brain re-charges itself so that we can face the new day all refreshed. Good post, anaishunter

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