{
  "abstract": "Sleep has been surrounded by mythical beliefs since ancient times. However, when it comes to an assessment of health, sleep has typically been neglected. 1 With advances in technology in the 20th century, that led to our current understanding of sleep stages, came an increasing evidence base for sleep medicine. By now, it has been added to the ‘Life’s Essential 8’, as described by the American Heart Association.2 Sleep duration and sleep quality matter; sleep does not only provide rest for mind and body, it is associated with quality of life and symptoms, improved hard clinical outcomes, including the metabolic, cardiovascular and neurological systems, and sleep conditions also impact the overall and cardiovascular mortality, and the treatment of sleep disorders can improve survival.3 4",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sleep Disorders Centre, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Johan Meurling"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Lane Fox Unit / Sleep Disorders Centre, Guy's and St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK",
        "School of Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Joerg Steier"
    }
  ],
  "title": "‘Mind the gap’",
  "uid": "22bb4c60-b22f-52db-b6d3-47614609dc68"
}