He or she might start by checking your weight and height, as well as your blood pressure and maybe your temperature. 1  Blood pressure: This shows how hard your heart is pumping blood throughout your body. A cuff that gets tighter and tighter on your arm is used to measure this.
And people who sleep 8 hr. or more, or less than 6.5 hr., they don't live quite as long. There is just as much risk associated with sleeping too long as with sleeping too short. The big surprise is that long sleep seems to start at 8 hr. Sleeping 8.5 hr. might really be a little worse than sleeping 5 hr.
Adults need between 7 and 9 hours of sleep each day to feel their best. As few as 6 hours and as many as 10 hours may be appropriate. Older Adults (65 years and older) need 7 to 8 hours each day to feel their best. As few as 5 hours and as many as 9 hours may be appropriate. Newborns less than three months old sleep between 14 and 17 hours each day.