We are all guilty of driving while tired. In fact, sixty percent of adults in the United States have driven while feeling drowsy and one-third of people have actually fallen asleep while behind the wheel. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that drowsy driving was responsible for 72,000 crashes, 44,000 injuries and 800 deaths […]

As a recent college graduate I know first-hand that school is stressful. Between keeping up with your classes and having a social life, stress can become debilitating and start to affect how you perform in school. Sleep plays an important role in how you succeed in your classes. Studies have shown that the quantity and

As summer begins to wind down and Back-to-School shopping begins, many parents start to dread the beginning of the new school year. The Kids going back to school means more time spent struggling to get them to do their homework and more projects and papers to work on. It also brings back the struggle to

From Sleep Review The Journal for Sleep Specialists Poor Sleep Quality A Predictor of Junk Food Cravings, Suggests Phone Survey Study to Be Presented at SLEEP 2018 Published on June 3, 2018 Nighttime snacking and junk food cravings may contribute to unhealthy eating behaviors and represent a potential link between poor sleep and obesity, according

Dr. Alan Mendelsohn almost never eats the entree when he attends a wedding, gala or bat mitzvah. By the time it’s served, he’s already left to obey his 9:30 p.m. bedtime. He and his wife don’t schedule late dinners with other couples or phone their adult kids later at night. Again, his bed beckons. Mendelsohn

World Sleep Day is an annual event, intended to be a celebration of sleep and a call to action on important issues related to sleep, including medicine, education, social aspects and driving. It is organized by the World Sleep Day Committee of World Sleep Society (founded by WASM and WSF) and aims to lessen the burden

Circadian Rest-Activity Pattern Changes in Aging and Preclinical Alzheimer Disease Erik S. Musiek, MD, PhD1,2; Meghana Bhimasani, BS1; Margaret A. Zangrilli1; et al John C. Morris, MD1,2; David M. Holtzman, MD1,2; Yo-El S. Ju, MD1 Author Affiliations JAMA Neurol. Published online January 29, 2018. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.4719 … Disturbances of the rest-activity rhythm are present in preclinical Alzheimer disease, even after accounting for effects of aging and sex,

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The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm Summary Life on Earth is adapted to the rotation of our planet. For many years