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Sleeping at 70 years

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I am a 70-year old man. Kindly let me know how sleep I will need on a daily basis

Chike (by SMS)

A 70-year-old man needs seven to eight hours of sleep per night to feel rested and maintain good health. While sleep patterns change with age, the amount of sleep needed does not significantly decrease. 

we age, subtle changes in memory occur naturally as part of the aging process. However, sometimes these changes occur sooner than anticipated or faster than expected.

These changes often go unnoticed, but at other times can be disturbing to ourselves or others. There are a number of things that can cause problems with memory or make normal age-related changes worse.

For example, sometimes changes in memory might be due to a medication side effect or an existing or developing health problem, such as depression, anxiety, sleep problems, heart disease, infections in the brain, brain tumor, blood clots, head injury, thyroid disease, dehydration, or vitamin deficiency. If this is the case, identifying and treating the condition can improve your memory.However, when memory loss prevents us from performing daily tasks and our accustomed roles in life, it becomes a health concern that needs further evaluation by healthcare professionals.

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