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You may know the legend of 11 days, 24 minutes (264.4 hours) of nonstop wakefulness as accomplished by one Randy Gardner. Even though Gardner showed signs of physical, mental, and emotional degradation and terrible sleeplessness decades later, he is still alive and well now in his 70s. Even though Gardner survived his 11-day sleep deprivation […]

Researchers have been unable to determine whether or not it is feasible to sneeze while asleep, despite the many technological advancements that have been made. When pressed, they’ll admit that they’ve never observed it, even after studying hundreds of study participants. But just because they haven’t seen it with their own eyes, does that mean […]

A sleep study can help determine the root cause of your sleeplessness if your doctor recommends it. A sleep study, or polysomnography, is a painless examination of your brain’s electrical activity while you’re asleep. It can tell your doctor how much time you spend awake or asleep, how much rapid eye movement (REM) sleep you […]

Becoming a parent ushers you into a new and exciting phase of life. You get to watch your little one develop each day, but you also have to deal with the struggles of keeping him or her fed, stimulated, and asleep. Dr. Rebecca Robbins, an instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, said, “Navigating your […]

There are serious repercussions for infants, teenagers, and adults who suffer from narcolepsy, a sleep disease characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). Both narcolepsy kinds, NT1 and NT2, are quite uncommon. Fewer than 100 out of every 100,000 persons are affected by both categories, according to most estimates. Since narcolepsy is relatively uncommon, it is […]

Although it is generally accepted that getting sufficient quality sleep is essential to good health, there is no universally accepted definition of what constitutes sufficient sleep established by sleep experts. Instead, it’s the individual’s subjective experience of sleep that is typically used to determine its value. The term “quality sleep” can mean different things to […]

It’s not uncommon for pregnant women to have trouble sleeping because of frequent trips to the bathroom, the baby moving around, or other factors. One of the less expected pregnancy side effects, though, may be alterations to your dream life. Dreams of a strange or disturbing nature during pregnancy are not unheard of. Knowing that […]

Sleep science has come a long way in the last few decades, illuminating sleep’s profound significance for basically every bodily function. It has become increasingly apparent, as research into the connections between sleep and physical health has progressed, that sleep and the immune system are intimately related. The immune system plays a key role in […]

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a frequent condition in which the power required to circulate blood through the body’s blood arteries is excessive. Many people with hypertension don’t experience any noticeable symptoms until they get their blood pressure checked. Uncontrolled high blood pressure increases the risk of stroke, heart disease, and other cardiovascular complications. […]

The significance of a healthy heart to one’s wellbeing cannot be overstated. The heart is the engine that drives the circulatory system, which pumps blood throughout the body and carries oxygen to all the body’s organs and tissues. Among the primary causes of death and sickness in the USA, heart disorders rank high. Sleep deprivation […]