Top 10 Sleep News & Info Links, Oct 10-16
Links ranked in chronological order Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine || Can We Predict Which Children With Autism Will Have Obstructive Sleep Apnea? October 15, 2019: [...]
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Be a sleep activist: Ask healthcare providers to prioritize their own sleep
The role of sleep activist isn't so much about marches and speaking from a live pulpit with a bullhorn. So much of what we do to foster change begins with spreading education and awareness inside our institutions. [...]
Sleep News Weekly || February 2, 2018: 60 million sleepless Mexicans, Hollywood calls out film set sleep deprivation, sleep paralysis story, more
Actors cry foul on overworking producers and directors who seem to encourage drowsy driving; Mexico is sleepless; can this pillow really prevent you from snoring?; women who work night shift suffer from sleep problems; and more about how America (and the world) sleeps. [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Why is it okay for doctors to work without sleep for 24 hours?
Perhaps the Right to Sleep effort should focus on the high costs that come from mistakes made by sleep-deprived doctors. Those in training are encouraged to work without sleep as a kind of "rite of passage." Research suggests patients pay the price as victims of medical errors or drowsy driving accidents caused by these professionals, who are not superhuman, but just as disabled by sleep deprivation as everyone else. [...]
Sleep News Special Report || Drowsy Driving Awareness Edition: We need to stop falling asleep at the wheel
Falling asleep at the wheel continues to trend as a major and alarming contributor to fatal vehicle accidents. Learn more with this special supplement focused on drowsy driving as a side effect of the fall time change. [...]
News drip: More news reports on circadian rhythms
SHC has captured some great links since it reported on the circadian rhythms last month.
[...]Solutions for workplace sleepyheads
Naps, better employee scheduling, and lighting adjustments are just a few ways you might better improve your sleep health and become a better employee (or, in the case of [...]
What do you think about naps at work?
Isn’t it interesting that the topic of napping at work in the US is so controversial, and yet, the concept of siesta has been a long-held practice all over the rest of [...]
Sleep and the Workplace: A Pinterest Curation
Check out SHC’s newly updated Pinterest curation (53 pins) on the topic of sleep deprivation, sleep health, and working [...]
OPEN THREAD: How has sleep deprivation affected you directly while on the job?
Maybe you made an embarrassing or costly mistake because you forgot or overlooked something… Maybe you became so grumpy that your co-workers stopped wanting to hang out [...]