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It turns out that sleep matters a lot for both aspects of memory. Sleep deprivation (and particularly deprivation of a particular stage of sleep called Rapid Eye Movement or REM sleep) affects brain circuits that make it harder to remember new things. It has a particularly big effect on information that is emotionally positive or [...]

ScienceDaily (Sep. 4, 2008) — Loss of sleep, even for a few short hours during the night, can prompt one’s immune system to turn against healthy tissue and organs. A new article in the September 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry, by the UCLA Cousins Center research team, reports that losing sleep for even part of [...]

Beyond leaving people bleary-eyed, clutching a Starbucks cup and dozing off at afternoon meetings, failing to get enough sleep or sleeping at odd hours heightens the risk for a variety of major illnesses, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes and obesity, recent studies indicate. “We’re shifting to a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week society, and as a result we’re [...]

I want to take a step away today from my normal discussions about various training techniques or nutrition ideas, and look at another vitally important aspect in your life that plays an important role in your success with your fitness goals. And that aspect is… How well do you sleep? I’ve noticed that one of [...]

I sometimes have trouble sleeping . . . not so much getting to sleep, but staying asleep . . . so when I saw RESTFUL SLEEP by Deepak Chopra, I jumped at the opportunity to listen to the program. Subtitled THE COMPLETE MIND/BODY PROGRAM FOR OVERCOMING INSOMNIA, it delivered a great deal of information . [...]

Sleep deprivation is a huge problem all over the world. Many people work long hours, and something must be sacrificed. Unfortunately, sleep is a very common thing to sacrifice. It’s easier to stay up until the work is done than face the music if it isn’t. However, this system may backfire, because the more sleep [...]

Answer: Attaining quality sleep is very important to your physical and emotional health, as well as your personal productivity, for many reasons. Unfortunately, many people find that stress can contribute to sleep deprivation. It’s not uncommon for very stressed people to have the problems you’ve described. There are many reasons for this, some of which [...]

Sleep Deprivation: What are the Physical Effects? No one likes to discover that they’re being severely affected by sleep deprivation. Truth be told, most people get a little angry and irritated when they just have a mild case of sleeplessness. Unfortunately though, many people do indeed have to face the physical effects of sleep deprivation [...]

Sleepnet.com is dedicated to increasing the awareness of sleep deprivation. Try taking our Sleep Test and take a look at Sandman’s Book Store. Sleep deprivation is rampant. A large proportion of the problem is due to the high paced lifestyle causing the lack of time to get the sleep we need. The other reason people [...]

While training as a pulmonary fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, I became fascinated by patients who suffered from sleep-related breathing disorders. Many of these patients stop breathing hundreds of times every night. I decided that the evaluation and treatment of patients with the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome would ultimately play an important part of [...]