RUSSIAN STUDY OF OLD AGE
Value Of Sleep In Prolonging Life (Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.) LONDON, May 21. A study of old age by Russian scientists has led to experiments indicating that prolonged sleep may play a paramount role in warding off symptoms of senility, says the Moscow correspondent of “The Times,” discussing the work of Professor S. Braines at the Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences. Professor Braines claimed to have prolonged the life of a 15-year-old senile dog to its present age of 21 by putting the dog artificially to sleep for three months. Although other influences, such as diet and preventive medicine, are taken into account, the professor places the main emphasis on sleep. He says it has been proved by experiments that an animal can endure hunger even for 30 days whereas the lack of sleep for 10 days results in death. A Longevity Institute has now been established in Moscow.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28284, 23 May 1957, Page 9
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