Sleep? Not me! The US is a country of sleep-deprived people. Data from the National Health Interview Survey revealed that nearly 30% of adults reported an average of 6 or fewer hours of sleep per day in 2005-2007 (as opposed to the recommended 8 hours). The US is also a nation of people who are …
Sick and Tired of Being Overweight? Get More Sleep! Read More »
Sleep is vastly undervalued. We like to “burn the midnight oil,” and then brag about it. For medical interns, working long hours with little sleep is almost a rite of passage. World leaders and corporate titans take pride in declaring their ability to function round the clock. They are all sadly mistaken. Human adults need …
Sleep Deprivation Makes Us Obese and Inattentive: Can We Make Up Sleep Debt? Read More »
Daytime is bright. The night is supposed to be dark. We work during the day, and we should sleep at night. These are fairly simple concepts around which the human body was designed. Our hormones and our health depend on these principles. Let there be sunshine We need the sun and its light, all 32,000 …
“Sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleeve of care, the death of each day’s life, sore labour’s bath, balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, chief nourisher in life’s feast.” -Macbeth, Act II, Sc. ii As usual, Shakespeare had it right. Ernest Hemingway also was on the right track when he said, “I love …