李永明博士。紐約中醫論壇

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據2017年7月10日睡眠科學和實踐雜誌發表的一篇研究報告，有明確生活目標的人通常會有高質量的睡眠。調查發現，在生活目標方面打分較高者，同低分者相比，睡眠呼吸暫停症要少63％，睡眠動腿症要少52%。結論是，想要平靜度過夜晚的最佳方法是有一個堅實的生活目標。

儘管科學家們還搞不清人們為什麼需要睡眠，但高質量的睡覺是被公認為健康之必須。到目前為止，治療不眠的藥物還十分有限，經常是副作用大於益處，非藥物療法應該是首選。這項研究提示了更簡單易行的療法，即找到生活目標。這一招可能會對兩種人有用：一是需要今晚睡好，明天還有更重要的事要做的人；另一是需要做個好夢，對明天充滿著希望者。 （李永明）

下面是報道原文

People who feel their lives have a purpose may experience better sleep quality, study shows

Newsweek (7/10, Bort) reports that research suggests 「the best way to get through the night in peace may be to simply have a solid sense of purpose in...life.」 Investigators found that 「people who felt their lives had purpose experienced better sleep quality than those who didn』t.」 The findings were published in Sleep Science and Practice.

TIME (7/10, MacMillan) reports that the researchers found that 「overall, those who scored higher on the purpose-in-life questionnaire were 63% less likely to have sleep apnea and 52% less likely to have

restless leg syndrome than those who scored lower.」 Additionally, they had 「moderately better sleep-quality scores at the start of the study and showed increased improvement over a one-year period.」

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