More Than Half of Americans Are in So Much Pain They Can't Sleep
A new poll shows pain robs us of sleep, setting off a vicious cycle in which sleep deprivation leads to more pain
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The U.S. is a country of gaps. The wage gap. The wealth gap. And now, the sleep gap.
The dividing line: pain. Having chronic or fleeting pain in the prior week caused 57 percent of Americans a significant loss of sleep, according to the 2015 Sleep in America poll, released Monday by the National Sleep Foundation.