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Sleep News Weekly || Jan 12, 2018: Global Sleep Health Edition

January 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

Councilwoman resigns over restless leg condition; Queen Elizabeth's jet lag secret; sleep breakthrough in Germany; Iceland sleep research focuses on sleep apnea; Canadian labs undergo new accreditation standards; noise pollution addressed in India; sleep innovation supported by Danish government; drowsy driving and transportation safety fixes found in South Korea; more global sleep health news. [...]

Sleep News Weekly || Dec 8, 2017: BC diesel spill caused by sleepy sailor, America’s racial sleep gap, how to sleep on a plane, more

December 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

Is Rihanna a short sleeper or does she practice poor sleep hygiene?; new baby "sock" can track infant vitals during sleep; Florence Nightingale knew about light and circadian rhythms; and more about how America (and the world) sleeps. [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Sign this vet-sponsored petition demanding labor standards that prioritize sleep

November 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 Special Report || Drowsy Driving Awareness Edition: We need to stop falling asleep at the wheel

November 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

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. [...]

Sleep News Weekly || Oct 20, 2017: Sleep deprived MDs, does lavender work?, how fire evacuees sleep, more

October 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

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

September 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

SHC has vetted the week's sleep news so you don't have to! [...]

Your 3pm Decaf Drip for August 28, 2017

August 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

We’ve vetted last week’s sleep news so you don’t have to. Happy Monday!

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Monday Morning Coffee for June 19, 2017

June 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

We’ve vetted this morning’s sleep news so you don’t have to. Happy Monday!

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Let’s talk about drowsy driving in June

June 1, 2017 // 1 Comment

Nobody is immune to the danger of falling asleep at the wheel. You can be the driver who fall asleep (such as the nurse after a 16-hr night shift, a police officer working graveyard, a teen going to school early for sports practice, or a sleep-deprived new dad), or you can be the victim when an oncoming car drifts in your direction because the driver has fallen asleep. [...]

Sleep Awareness Week: The restorative benefit of naps

April 28, 2017 // 1 Comment

Napping is not a sign of frailty or weakness, it's a strategy for strengthening your cognition, balancing your mood, improving learning and memory retention, and being more productive.

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