Sleep protective against effects of aging

Patients want to live as long and as healthy a life as possible, and rightly so. To help meet that goal, practitioners should work with patients to improve their health from the cellular level. One of the most basic aspects of aging is deterioration of the telomeres, which protect our essential DNA from breakdown. Telomere length is an important biomarker of cellular aging. There are several therapeutic strategies to preserve telomeres, and new evidence adds optimal sleep hygiene to that…