Wellness Wednesday: Society and economy pay the price for Australia’s collective lack of sleep
The price one pays for lack of sleep can be measured in societal and economic costs [...]
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Sleep News Weekly || February 16, 2018: Fired for sleep apnea? Chinese shoppers awoken in IKEA, dodgeball for narcolepsy, more
Workers claim they were fired for sleep apnea, IKEA shoppers in China are awoken from naps on display furniture by local comedians, new lung pacemaker treats first-ever sleep apnea patient, 700 people in Kentucky split $500k Provigil settlement, Japan examines the relationship between insomnia and suicide; narcolepsy mom plays dodgeball to raise awareness; and more about how America (and the world) sleeps. [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Sign this vet-sponsored petition demanding labor standards that prioritize sleep
Veterans have a huge stake in the Right to Sleep movement. Many of our military personnel members come home from service overseas with trauma and sleep disorders that the VA fails, or even refuses, to treat. Ultimately it impacts them on the job, just as sleep deprivation does for millions of civilian workers. [...]
Sleep News Weekly || Oct 20, 2017: Sleep deprived MDs, does lavender work?, how fire evacuees sleep, more
Ireland's workforce is sleep deprived; why we should research sleeping and eating in tandem; are depression naps useful?; and more about how America (and the world) sleeps. [...]
Sleep News Weekly || Sept 29, 2017: South Africa’s grumpy teens, tongue ties, sleep surgery, and more
SHC has vetted the week's sleep news so you don't have to! [...]
Your 3pm Decaf Drip for August 28, 2017
We’ve vetted last week’s sleep news so you don’t have to. Happy Monday!
[...]Sleep can benefit from mindfulness
Mindfulness is more a 24-7 mindset than a specific practice; it also embraces all the ideas that make sleep hygiene a legitimate goal for those who struggle with sleep. [...]