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Allen Blaivas, M.D.

Allen Blaivas, M.D.

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Sleep Disorder Specialist
posted 09/08/2008, comment (1)

Restore and Refresh

Let’s continue on the topic of napping.   We left off discussing some of the negative aspects of napping.  We were reviewing the concept of sleep inertia and how if a nap is too long, a person might have a reduction in performance and worsened mood soon after waking.  Obviously this usually is counterproductive to the... Read moreChevron
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Allen Blaivas, M.D.

Allen Blaivas, M.D.

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Sleep Disorder Specialist
posted 08/18/2008, comments (0)

But How Could a Nap Be Bad?

Let’s continue on our topic of naps in healthy adults- the good, the bad, and the otherwise.   Some more good news about napping.  As we all have probably experienced in our life, a short nap has helped us learn something that we simply couldn’t grasp beforehand.  This is because after intense work, parts of our... Read moreChevron
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