Should You Sleep With Your Pets?

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Cats and dogs can help you sleep, according to this new study. Alena Ozerova/Shutterstock

Having difficulty getting to sleep? Whether you have a few sleepless nights behind you or you’ve got full-blown insomnia, millions around the world wake up bleary-eyed, more often than not wondering how they could nod off slightly faster. According to a survey carried out by the Center of Sleep Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, you might be able to get all of your 40 winks if you have a pet beside you as you snooze. The study has been published in Mayor Clinic Proceedings.