Posts Tagged ‘advice’

September 12 2009

Turn Out the Lights on Sleep Disorders

Turn Out the Lights on Sleep Disorders

Some of us have no trouble falling asleep, taking as little as one to two minutes to enter twilight zone sleep. As in the case for all human functions, there is quite a bit of variation among us as to our capacity to sleep. Some are simply better at it than others, being able to dim their arousal switches with annoying ease and have their sleep center dominate within minutes. The vast majority of us take sleep for granted. It is just something th

July 25 2008

Sleep Apnea and Its Effects on Driver Performance

Sleep Apnea and Its Effects on Driver Performance

By Matthew Harrell

 

With all the attention usually given to driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol, most drivers neglect to pay attention to another potentially deadly threat: sleep deprivation. While many factors such as stress, side effects from medication or excitement may cause sleep deprivation, it could be due to a potentially more serious disorder called sleep apnea.

 

Sleep apnea is a disord

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