Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder that affects the sleep-wake cycle. People with narcolepsy experience excessive daytime sleepiness and can fall asleep unexpectedly, even during activities such as driving or working. Narcolepsy is a chronic condition that affects about 1 in every 2,000 people, with onset typically occurring between the ages of 10 and 30. While [...]
Shift work is a necessary reality for many people, especially those in fields such as healthcare, transportation, and manufacturing. In fact, the US Bureau of Labor estimates that 16% of wage and salary employees work shift work. This highlights how prevalent shift work is in the general population, and it can be a practical solution [...]
How much sleep does a teenager need? If you’ve had the pleasure of raising, or living with, a teenager, you may have observed that they tend to have a seemingly love-hate relationship with sleep. Waking a teenager up for school in the morning is often a multi-tiered process involving the combined efforts of bright lights, [...]
Everyone knows what it is like to try and get through the day after a night of poor sleep. In America, we are notorious for trying to cram as much as possible into our waking hours, leading to a nation that suffers from chronic sleep deprivation. After all, there is a reason that America runs [...]
You wake in the early hours of the morning. You try to check the time, but you find yourself incapable of moving a muscle. Laying motionless, your eyes dart around the room and spot a menacing, dark figure, difficult to make out against the backdrop of your unlit walls. Completely immobilized, panic begins to fill [...]
Does exercise affect sleep? The short answer is yes, it most certainly does. Researchers around the world have been working for years to pinpoint the direct cause of this correlation, but the concrete explanation continues to be elusive. However, it has been frequently observed and fundamentally proven that moderate aerobic exercise will increase the amount [...]
Have you ever woken up in the morning feeling like you didn’t get any sleep at all? The overwhelming feelings of grogginess, heavy eyelids, and unyielding frustration that hit you as soon as you awake from the disappointing experience you thought was sleep? If you have, then you’ve experienced what professionals refer to as sleep [...]
Getting a good night’s sleep on a regular basis is essential to every person’s mental and physical health, as well as their daily productivity. Sleep latency is one of the key elements in determining your overall sleep efficiency, but it can also serve as one of the chief indicators of a possible sleep disorder. Here [...]
Waking up in the middle of the night can be terrible if you do not know the root cause. In this case, it would be snoring, but at least you know what is happening. Now the causes of snoring can be pretty abundant. Snoring in itself is considered harmless, but it can be an effect [...]
The scene after Thanksgiving dinner where everyone is passed out after eating is a very common and relatable situation. There is so much time in the day that is wasted due to fatigue after eating. Most people know that you can get tired after eating, but some people don't know why you fall asleep after [...]
