Workplace Fatigue meeting confirms it: we’re tired at work, and it’s costing us everything
Curator’s note: SHC was in attendance at this event. To follow along with its major presentations, SHC live-tweeted them; please visit [...]
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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
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
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
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
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
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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 Awareness Week: The restorative benefit of naps
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.
[...]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. [...]
Sleep Awareness Week: Can we “get along” without it?
Getting along without sleep is a contradiction in terms. People who lack sleep are very difficult to be around. Their sleep loss disables their judgment, patience, compassion and other virtues valued in familial, social, and professional relationships. [...]
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