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Even nervous fliers don’t expect both pilots to fall asleep on a short flight, but that happened on a flight from Honolulu to Hilo, Hawaii. Bloomberg reports that the plane went 30 miles past its destination before reversing course and landing safely in Hilo with 43 passengers and crew. Pretty remarkable when you know [...]
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Results indicate that children who received over-the-counter
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Edison the inventor, boasted of needing very little sleep. But he did take naps on the quiet. Naps can make you smarter, faster and safer than you would be without them. Naps should be widely recognized as a powerful tool in battling fatigue, and the person who chooses to nap should be regarded as heroic.
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- Good SleepSome new research suggests the purpose of sleep is to restore the synapses. If we have a sleep deficit we don’t function as well and may fall asleep at the wrong moment, endangering our self and others. There are simple things we can do to improve sleep.
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Many people who are on CPAP (continuous postivie airway pressure) equipment find it cumbersome and uncomfortable. The treatment does appear to work, though, if you can stick with it. There was a study reported in the June 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. Five or more hours of CPAP [...]
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118 adults with chronic insomnia participated in a 5-week, online treatment for insomnia. Treatment consisted of psychoeducation, sleep hygiene, and stimulus control instruction, sleep restriction treatment, relaxation training, cognitive therapy, and help with medication tapering. There were statistically significant improvements in sleep quality, insomnia severity, and daytime fatigue. The study is reported in the journal [...]
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Patients saw improvements in subjective sleep quality and sleep diary parameters while practicing meditation. Sleep latency, total sleep time, total wake time, wake after sleep onset, sleep efficiency, sleep quality and depression improved in patients who used meditation.
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