After what I've been through this week, I realise from now on, that's the only place I'm going to get an extra hour in bed.

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Of course, this begs the question: Which is more important -- rising an hour early to squeeze in a morning workout, or savoring that extra time in bed?

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Some patients tell me that they are so connected that even before brushing their teeth or making coffee, they will roll over to check their phone- when a more appropriate choice may be to spend a few extra minutes in bed with their loved ones.

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Getting up at 4am or 5am is likely to mean people are always short of sleep because they are unlikely to have gone to bed the extra two to three hours earlier.

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Slothful Sundays that begin with a bed-bound TV session often translated into an extra bout of dozing in the Up app.

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Li urged us to soak our feet in hot water before bed, to fight jet lag, and to eat extra fruit, which might balance the European infusion of bread and cheese into our diets.

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It is hoped the availability of 400 additional acute care hospital beds and 600 extra beds in nursing and residential homes will ease the problem of "bed blocking".

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"We have a general problem of overcrowding but we have learned to live with it, " said Gerber, adding that extra bunks have been added to make sure all remand prisoners have a bed.

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