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People sleeping on a new mattress report:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increased productivity during the day (23%)<\/li>\n<li>Better health (21%)<\/li>\n<li>Less stress (18%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Sleep<\/strong> soundly<\/h4>\n<p>Want to stop tossing and turning? Get a new mattress.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nearly six in 10 adults (59%) agree that their sleep would improve when sleeping on a new mattress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to research from Oklahoma State University, a new mattress provides sleepers with significant improvements, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>70.8%\u00a0improvement in sleep comfort<\/li>\n<li>62%\u00a0improvement in sleep quality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Survey details: Better Sleep Council, 2012<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mattress RX for Relationships and Happiness Americans surveyed revealed that a newer mattress not only improved their sleep, but improved their relationships, their productivity and their overall health. 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