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Teen sleep: Why is your teen so tired? Teen sleep cycles may seem to come from another world. Understand why teen sleep is a challenge — and what you can do to promote better teen sleep. By Mayo Clinic staff Teens are notorious for staying up late at night and being hard to awaken in [...]

Is your teen having trouble sleeping at night? One would think that teenagers have enough to deal with without having sleep problems too. Yet many teenagers suffer from a variety of sleep disorders, many of which are exacerbated by early-morning school schedules and late night social lives. Not being able to fall asleep after going [...]

On any given school day, teen-agers across the nation stumble out of bed and prepare for the day. For most, the alarm clock buzzes by 6:30 a.m., a scant seven hours after they went to bed. Many students board the school bus before 7 a.m. and are in class by 7:30. In adults, such meager [...]

As much as one-third of the nation’s population suffers from sleep disorders. The leading cause of sleep disorders is emotional turmoil, causing us to experience such sleep-related problems as insomnia, nightmares, and difficulty sleeping through the night. If you’re having trouble sleeping, there are steps you can take toward finally achieving the relief of more [...]

The University Record, September 9, 1998 Teens’ abnormal sleep patterns could signal serious disorder By Amy Reyes News and Information Services There’s a difference between being tired and feeling sleepy all the time. If your teenager works late, stays up late studying or is out with his friends, but then rises early for school, your [...]

SAN DIEGO—Don’t get too close to a tired teen; you could start losing sleep as well. When one teenager starts sleeping less, her friends and others in her social circle soon lose sleep, too, according to new research presented here today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (which [...]

Obesity — particularly in children — is an ongoing problem. And there are a number of factors we know contribute to it, such as an unhealthy diet and lack of exercise. But there’s another risk factor you may not have considered — a poor night’s sleep. Enlarge (iStockphoto.com) Young teen boys need more sleep, less [...]