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"OK, this certainly surprised me, because it is exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be. Here we go: In a study of 210 people, scientists at Duke University found that women who didn&amp;#x27;t get enough sleep were &amp;quot;more hostile and angry&amp;quot; in the mornings than men who had the same amount of sleep. That part doesn&amp;#x27;t surprise me&amp;amp;#8212;I have definitely had my mornings where I&amp;#x27;ve ruled supreme as Crankmaster General&amp;amp;#8212;but this part does: The researchers say our difference in hormones means we require more sleep than men. In fact, they say we need more time snoozing so that we keep our &amp;quot;hormones in balance.&amp;quot; That&amp;#x27;s right! We just might require more sleep! The researchers say that women suffer more&amp;amp;#8212;&amp;quot;mentally and physically&amp;quot;&amp;amp;#8212;if they don&amp;#x27;t log enough zzz&amp;#x27;s. In the study, women with less sleep than men had greater feelings of hostility and anger than the men did. And in the long term, the study found that women who continually got too little sleep were more likely to develop heart disease, depression, and psychological problems than men. Yikes. But I would just like to take this opportunity to thank hormones for giving women everywhere a possible excuse to sleep in. Next step: getting our bosses to understand. What do you think about these results? Do you wake up grumpier than your significant other? More on sleep: * Do you like snacks? Do you like sleep? You might like this * Are you just tired...or could something else be to blame? * Katie Holmes demonstrates the importance of a power nap Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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