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Echoing Dr. Murthy, Magee insists that adolescents, whose brains are still developing, are not yet equipped to deal with these risks and dangers. In fact, m ore than one-third of all teens get only 5 to 6 hours of sleep a night, according to a 2010 study in the Journal of Adolescent Health , while the optimal sleep amount for teens is 9.25

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It has also left him and his family to deal with many subsequent challenges: the dreaded return of lymphoma, a chronic illness (graft-versus-host disease) and many conflicting emotions. He lives in Sacramento and co-facilitates a writing workshop aimed at helping people dealing with issues of illness, disability and recovery.