Men who sleep less than 5 hours a night have 55% higher risk of prostate cancer

• Men who sleep three to five hours per night raise their risk of prostate cancer by 55 percent
• Sleeping six hours per night raises the risk by 29 percent
• Lack of sleep inhibits melatonin production, which controls the sleep-wake cycle
• Low melatonin levels can increase genetic mutations and reduce DNA repair

By Mary Kekatos For Dailymail.com

Getting a good night’s sleep is not only essential for being well-rested – it could mean the difference between life and death.

Sleeping less than five hours a night makes you twice as likely to develop prostate cancer.

Scientists say that men younger than 65 who are not getting the recommended seven hours of sleep are raising their risk of the hard-to-treat disease by 55 percent.

A new study has found that men younger than 65 years old…