Difficulties in getting to sleep, or repeated waking due to ruminations or anxieties about work, have become something of an epidemic. But it is the everyday hassles at work that are most likely to cause sleep problems than long hours, night shifts, or job insecurity. These are the findings from Sarah Burgard, Ph.D, a sociologist and... Read more
A systematic search of research literature has revealed a consistent worldwide relationship between short sleep patterns and obesity both in childhood and adulthood. Francesco Cappuccio, MD and his team from the Warwick Medical School in the UK, reviewed 696 studies, from which 12 studies on children and 17 studies on adults met the... Read more
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