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| January 01, 2006 | Tucker, Miriam E. | COPYRIGHT 2009 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WASHINGTON -- When a child is sleep deprived, it shows at school.

In a study of 74 healthy 6- to 12-year-old students, experimentally reducing the duration of their sleep at home for 1 week resulted in academic and attention problems significant enough that teachers could detect differences between children who had had enough sleep and those who had not--without being told which ones were which (Sleep 2005;28:1280-6).

The results strongly suggest that information about sleep should be obtained for all children who present with academic difficulty or behavior problems, particularly those with inattentive symptoms, Gahan Fallone, Ph.D., said during a report of his findings …

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