linkbait title. from the article: [The researcher's] theory is that people who sleep for more than eight hours sometimes have an underlying health problem tha

linkbait title. from the article: [The researcher's] theory is that people who sleep for more than eight hours sometimes have an underlying health problem that is not yet showing in other symptoms. So, it's not the long sleep that is causing the increased mortality risk, it's the hidden illness. TLDR there is a correlation between sleeping longer and decreased health. Not worth three minutes of your time.