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• How sleep-deprived are we as a society? .
• Rosekind: We know from data that most people get probably about an hour and a half less sleep than they actually need, so even though we may physiologically need eight hours of sleep every single night, most of us are operating on maybe six and a half hours of sleep. ...
• That's an issue because when you lose sleep it doesn't just disappear. You actually build what's called a cumulative sleep debt. ... If you're getting an hour and a half less sleep than you need over five days of the work week, then you're going into the weekend basically seven-and-a-half hours in the red; it's as if you stayed up one full night going into the weekend. ...
• What does that sleep debt mean to us on a daily basis? .
• Rosekind: Well, we know that getting about two hours less sleep than you need is enough to significantly reduce or even impair your performance and productivity the next day. So if you need eight hours and you're only getting six or less, then we know the next day you're going to pay for that. If you need eight hours of sleep and you got seven, you're only an hour in the red, it's not a big deal. ...
• Can we buy back that sleep? .
• Rosekind: The good news is that you actually recover from sleep debt by sleeping deeper, not necessarily a lot longer. So typically when you're very tired you get more deep sleep when you do sleep, so it might only take you one to two nights to recover. ...
• In fact, in the most recent National Sleep Foundation poll, fifty-one percent of the people said that they had driven while drowsy during the last year. ...
• Sleep 45 minutes or less to avoid entering into deep sleep, when you may awaken feeling groggy,.
• sleep about 2 hours to sleep through an entire sleep cycle. ...

• Older Children May Go to Bed Later, Sleep Less, Feel Drowsier .
• May 31, 2000 -- Parents have long suspected it, and a new study bears it out: Even before they hit their teens, school-age children start going to bed later, sleeping less, and feeling drowsier during the day.
• In addition to finding that sleep patterns change as children get older, the study, published in the journal Developmental Psychology, found that children in families with high stress levels are more likely to sleep poorly. The findings are important, experts say, because too little sleep can cause big problems for schoolchildren.
• "We're not always aware of them, but sleep disturbances can have adverse effects on learning, attention, and behavior," says study author Avi Sadeh, DSc, senior lecturer and chairman of child psychology at Tel Aviv University in Israel.
• Sadeh explored sleep patterns among 140 children in second, fourth, and six grades. ... They also completed a survey about sleep habits, along with their parents, and kept daily logs on daytime sleepiness. ...
• Sleep measures included the time the child went to sleep, the time of wakening, number of awakenings, and length of motionless sleep. Poor sleep was defined as a period of sleep with more than 10% wakefulness, or waking more than three times per night.
• On average, older children went to bed later, slept less overall, and had shorter periods of true sleep than younger children, with sixth graders sleeping an hour less than second graders. The researchers also found that girls had fewer awakenings and more motionless sleep than boys.
• But "in terms of learning and development, sleep is just as important as extracurricular activities," says Gary Montgomery, MD, director of the sleep center at Scottish Rite Children's Hospital and clinical assistant professor of pulmonology at Morehouse School of Medicine, both in Atlanta.
• "So we retrain sleep and wake cycles so that kids get at least eight hours on a regular basis. ...
• School-age kids need 10 to 12 hours of sleep to restore the energy needed for growth, Montgomery says. "You can tell that kids need more sleep when they struggle to get out of bed, nap after school, and have poor concentration," Montgomery says. ...
• Fortunately, there are some simple ways to promote good sleep habits. ...

• THE ESTIMATION OF SLEEP QUALITY IN DIFFERENT STAGES AND CYCLES OF SLEEP .
• J Sleep Res (1993) 2, 17-20 .
• Dream content in NREM and REM sleep correlates with the subjective experience of having slept immediately before awakening The estimation of depth of sleep depends on the quality of the NREM sleep stages The presence of dreaming in a given sleep stage is more important for the subjective experience of having slept than the duration of the sleep episode before the awakening Neurotic insomniac patients more often deny mental activity when awoken from NREM and REM sleep, than do healthy subjects These data suggest that spontaneous awakenings in different sleep stages, especially in the first sleep cycle, correlate with the insomniac's tendency to underestimate sleep duration and quality. ...
• KEYWORDS: dreams, NREM, REM, sleep depth. ...
• The peculiarity of the subjective estimation of sleep quality in different sleep stages may help us to understand the functional meaning of these stages One of the first systematic investigations of the subjective estimation of sleep duration after artificial awakenings out of different sleep stages and sleep cycles (Danilin and Latash 1972) revealed a fairly accurate estimation of the previous sleep duration after awakenings from REM sleep, whilst sleep duration was underestimated after awakenings from slow wave sleep (SWS) Although a careful analysis of such relationships could elucidate the importance of mental activity in sleep as a source for complaints in insomniac patients (Rotenberg 1980, Knab and Engel 1988), this topic has received little attention For instance, there are no reports on systematic investigations of the subjective quality of sleep in relation to different sleep stages and their durations The aim of the present investigation was to assess the subjective experience of having slept and the estimation of sleep quality, for different sleep stages and sleep cycles, in healthy subjects and in neurotic patients with insomnia The following two hypotheses were investigated (1) the underestimation of the quality of sleep after awakenings is more typical for neurotic subjects than for normal subjects, (2) the estimation of sleep length (in healthy and neurotic subjects) depends on the prior sleep stage, the duration of this sleep episode, and the presence or absence of mental content. ...
• 75 patients (43 women and 32 men), mean age 31 years (age range 20-39 years), with different neurotic syndromes (depression-28 Ss, anxiety-17 Ss, hypochondriasis-21 Ss, conversion hysteria-9 Ss), all with a complaint of insomnia, were compared with a group of 15 healthy volunteers (9 women and 6 men), mean age 29 years (age range 20-35 years), without any sleep complaint Patients were selected from an outpatient clinic, based on the clinical diagnosis of neurotic disorder They had to be free from medication for at least 3 weeks before the investigation. ...
• All Ss were investigated polysomnographically for three consecutive nights The first night was for adaptation In the second night sleep was recorded without enforced awakenings During the third night Ss were repeatedly awoken in different sleep stages and sleep cycles, and gave their reports As a rule, one awakening was performed in SWS, usually in the 1st or 2nd sleep cycle Five patients with SWS in the 4th cycle were additionally awoken in this cycle In a few patients without any SWS, it was decided to perform two awakenings in stage 2 sleep when this stage contained some delta activity Such additional awakenings in stage 2 sleep were also performed in six of the healthy Ss. ...
• For all Ss, at least two awakenings were performed during REM sleep, in different sleep cycles In addition, reports were also collected after spontaneous awakenings out of REM sleep The total number of awakenings never exceeded six per night. ...
• We tried to perform the awakenings after at least 10 minutes of SWS or five minutes of REM sleep However, some patients awoke earlier and spontaneously, and gave reports To control for this factor, a similar number of early awakenings were performed in healthy Ss. ...
• (2) Was the sleep deep or shallow. ...
• While sleep mentation in different sleep stages was investigated in all 15 healthy Ss, the subjective estimation of sleep depth was only able to be obtained from ten Ss. For the analysis of sleep mentation only unambiguous reports were used. ...
• Definitions of mental activity in sleep. ...
• Polysomnography and sleep staging were performed according to the guidelines of Rechtschaffen and Kales (1968) For statistical analysis, the Chi-squared test was used. ...
• A total of 34 awakenings were performed in stage 2 sleep in the patients, and six in healthy Ss 163 awakenings were made in REM sleep in the patients and 53 in the healthy Ss In SWS there were 54 and 21 awakenings, respectively (see Table 3) Table 3 contains more reports from healthy Ss than do Tables 1 and 2 (see below) We have concentrated on REM sleep and SWS awakenings, because in our previous investigations (Rotenberg 1980) as well as in studies performed by Danilin and Latash (1972), the most impressive differences were found for these two types of sleep The distribution of the subjective reports according to sleep stages and sleep cycles is shown in Table 1 It can be seen that denial of sleep occurred in 20 reports after awakenings from REM sleep, almost exclusively (n = 19) in patients, and in 39 reports after awakenings from NREM sleep, again, almost exclusively (n = 38) in patients At the same time, reports of 'deep sleep' were given after 106 awakenings from REM sleep (total number of awakenings in REM sleep =190), but only after 33 awakenings from NREM sleep (total number of awakenings = 116, difference between these REM and NREM values P<0001) Comparing the reports made after awakenings from different stages of NREM sleep, only after 5 awakenings from stage 2 (total number = 39) was sleep estimated to be deep, while it was estimated as deep after 28 awakenings from SWS (total number = 76, significantly different from stage 2, P < 0. 001) The denial of sleep occurred equally often after stage 2 and SWS.

• looking for less sleep producing drug.
• His sleep habits have drastically gotten worse making it difficult to get him out of bed. ... I realize that sometimes it's just the normal course of the disease to sleep more, and that these meds DO make you sleepy, but has anyone had any luck with "waking up" their loved ones by using different meds? Any opinions would be appreciated! Thanks! .

• Truckers May Not Be Getting Enough Sleep .
• The study's results were published in "The Sleep of Long-Haul Truck Drivers" (The New England Journal of Medicine, September 11, 1997). ... Dennis Wylie concluded that all long-haul truckers who participated in the study "obtained less sleep than is required for alertness on the job" and were most vulnerable to drowsiness or falling asleep late at night or early in the morning. ...
• Truckers also completed a questionnaire about their sleep habits, including the amount of sleep they felt was ideal for them. ...
• Their longest sleep in a 24-hour period was defined as "the principal period of sleep. ... Sixty to ninety minutes before their first sleep period, researchers fitted the truckers with electrodes that measured various physiologic functions, including eye movement and respiration. ...
• Each driver had five principal sleep periods (400 total for the 80 drivers). The four schedules usually allowed for 8 hours off duty; however, 12 percent of the time drivers had less than 8 hours of off-duty time. Both regular sleep periods and naps were included in a trucker's total sleep time. ... Time spent napping increased the total amount of sleep by an average of three-quarters of an hour, plus or minus a half hour. ...
• 78 hours--2 or more hours less than their reported ideal amount of sleep. ...
• Researchers watched for drivers with episodes of drowsiness equal to Stage 1 sleep ("the lightest stage of non-rapid-eye-movement sleep"). ...
• LIMITATIONS AND RELATED SLEEP-RESEARCH .
• The study may have been limited because the truckers reported their ideal amounts of sleep, as opposed to researchers recording their sleep when they were not at work. ...
• 78 hours of sleep from the study was "much shorter than most standards. " Sleep research shows the chances of falling asleep during normal waking hours increase if a person sleeps less than six hours and has "successive days" of too little sleep. Not enough sleep leads to more errors and inattentiveness and diminished psychomotor skills. Research also shows that "night driving after relatively little sleep is a better predictor of fatigue-related accidents than is night driving alone. ...

• Sleep -- Napping -- Drowsy Driving.
• Sleep.
• Shift workers, on average, get less sleep during the week (6 hours and 30 minutes) compared to regular day workers (6 hours and 54 minutes). (National Sleep Foundation 2000 Sleep in America Poll).
• 68% of shift workers report sleep problems, compared to 56% of regular day shift workers. (National Sleep Foundation 2000 Sleep in America Poll).
• 53% of shift workers do not keep a regular sleep schedule, compared to 26% of those who work regular day hours. (National Sleep Foundation 1999 Sleep in America Poll).
• Societal pressures to work more and at odd hours-evenings, weekends, the night shift, round-the-clock-have reduced Americans sleep time over the past century by about 20%. ("The Promise of Sleep" by William Dement and Christopher Vaughan, 1999).
• 45% of adults agree that they will sleep less in order to accomplish more. Shift workers (56%) are more likely to agree they will sleep less in order to get more work done compared to regular day workers (44%). (National Sleep Foundation 2000 Sleep in America Poll).
• (National Sleep Foundation 2000 Sleep in America Poll).
• Television and the Internet are prime contributors to Americans not getting enough sleep, causing 43% of adults to stay up later than they should. (National Sleep Foundation 2000 Sleep in America Poll).

• Sleep debt.
• Sleep debt is the cumulative effect of not getting enough sleep. When someone consistently gets less sleep than they should, the body seems to maintain an awareness of the cumulative amount of missed sleep. ...
• 1 Accumulating Sleep Debt.
• 3 Evaluating Sleep Debt.
• 4 Sleep debt is useful.
• 5 Sleep robbers.
• Accumulating Sleep Debt.
• One of the easiest ways to accumulate a sleep debt is by using an alarm clock. If someone regularly needs an alarm clock to awaken at the right time in the morning, they are probably incurring a sleep debt. ...
• Since the average person probably needs more than the 8 hours sleep thought to be needed in Western cultures, it is easy to accumulate sleep debt. ...
• Typically, for every two hours awake, the average person accumulates a little more than one hour of sleep debt. ...
• Low quality sleep does not relieve sleep debt as well as deeper high quality sleep. For someone suffering from Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and whose sleep may be interrupted hundreds of times a night, they often get little relief from their sleep debt despite spending more time in bed than other people. ...
• Many people can accumulate 30 or 40 hours of a sleep debt, and show no obvious signs of impairment. ...
• Accumulating 50 to 60 hours of sleep debt can be dangerous. Some people, after accumulating this much sleep debt, are susceptible to sudden dropping into short periods of micro-sleep. ...

• Sleep, Safety, Drugs, Teen Pregnancy, .
• There are individual differences, but most adolescents "naturally" feel awake later at night, making it difficult to go to sleep before 10 p. ... Sleep researchers have found that most adolescents and adults need more than 9 hours of sleep: we can "get used to" less, and we might think we're adjusted to less, but our brains and bodies won't be doing as well with less sleep. Those of us who routinely get 6 hours of sleep or less are functioning just like someone who stayed up 48 hours straight after getting 8 hours of sleep on a regular basis. ...
• More common, less noticeable, and therefore much more of a problem is that students who don't get 8-9 hours of sleep find it more difficult to concentrate in class, and their ability to remember what they read or hear is impaired. ...
• Sleep deprivation is similar to alcohol in its effect on judgment, reaction time, and driving skill. And like alcohol, the teen or adult impaired from lack of sleep is unlikely to realize it. Sleep deprivation is a problem for all drivers, but especially inexperienced ones. ...
• Teens are easily swayed by peer pressure, and lack of sleep makes them even less able to "just say no" or think ahead about negative consequences. ...
• , when they should be going to sleep to get the 9 hours of sleep they need, they are wide-awake. So they stay up until 10:30 or later (perhaps much later), virtually guaranteeing that they will be sleep deprived when they get up at dawn the next day. ...

• Adolescent Sleep Needs and School Performance.
• Contrary to popular belief, teenagers do not need less sleep than others. In fact, as they move through their teenage years, adolescents need increasing amounts of sleep — about nine hours nightly, as compared to eight hours needed by adults. ... Yet, school starting times get earlier and earlier as students mature, despite the fact that puberty demands more sleep. ...
• There is mounting medical evidence that amount of sleep, time of day, and circadian rhythms, i. ... Studies have shown, for example, that sleep deprivation is associated with memory deficits, impaired performance and alertness, and delayed responses. The loss of REM, or rapid eye movement sleep (a period of intense sleep) can result in increased irritability, anxiety and depression, decreased socialization, reduced concentration and decreased ability to handle complex tasks and to be creative. Students experiencing sleep deprivation can also experience an increased potential for drug and alcohol use, as well as vulnerability for accidents.
• Not only is the proper amount of sleep important for cognitive processes to function adequately, but the time of day also has an effect on learning. ...
• According to researchers, adolescents experience a natural circadian phase delay and therefore, stay up later and sleep in later than in preadolescence. It is not uncommon for many teenagers to sleep until the mid-afternoon during the weekends. Despite the increasing need for sleep, many adolescents are actually getting less and less.
• Can Sleep Deprivation Impact Student Performance?.
• Paul schools which have experimented with different school starting times concluded, that "students with greater school-week sleep lag are at a significant disadvantage for academic achievement, owing to their reported decreased alertness and increased sleepiness during the day. " Survey results showed that students with higher grades reported that they obtained more sleep and go to bed earlier on school nights than students with lower grades.
• A half hour adjustment of a school's starting time can improve a student's sleep time; a delay of one hour may be even more effective.

• Sleep Disorders .
• Home>Diseases & Conditions>Sleep Disorders.
• Grow Old, Sleep Less? .
• Stress is considered by most sleep experts to be the number one reason for short-term sleeping difficulties. ...
• Daytime behaviors have no bearing on sleep. ...
• Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder in which a person stops breathing for anywhere from several seconds to a few minutes during the night. ...
• People require less sleep as they grow older. ...
• People who work rotating shifts are more prone to develop sleep disorders. ...
• Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that is characterized by "sleep attacks". ...
• All of us require the same amount of sleep. ...
• One cause of not getting enough sleep is restless leg syndrome. ...
• Caffeine can play a role in sleep disorders. ...
• Tips for a Good Night's Sleep.
• Snoring and Sleep Apnea.
• Reviewed Web Sites for Sleep Disorders .
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

• Sleep.
• Both conventional and alternative healers will tell you that sleep is important to maintain normal health. ...
• Your body needs at least 8 hours of sleep a night to function properly. Without sleep, our bodies can no longer repair themselves and their functions become impaired. ... So besides just causing physical problems, lack of sleep causes mental problems as well. The less sleep you get, the more likely you are to become anxious and/or depressed. Now here's some irony for you; anxiety and depression (and sometimes even the medications used to treat them) can cause insomnia, which means that you get less sleep, more anxious, even less sleep and even more anxiety and so on. ...
• Try not to "sleep in" if you were up late the night before as it will screw up your sleep schedule (of course, some exceptions due to necessity may be allowed), but try to stick to your sleep schedule as much as possible.
• Also, try not to work the night shift or stay up all night; it messes with the sleep cycle and can worsen anxiety and depression. ...
• It will wear out your body and help you sleep better. ...
• Take a relaxing bath or read a book before you go to sleep. ...
• Of course, different people have different preferences as to how much light they like when they go to sleep, so you need to experiment to find out. ...
• Your body and mind should feel more relaxed and now, hopefully, you can sleep. ...

• Sleep .
• Sleep .
• Is Sleep a Waste of Time? Far from It! .
• Scientists and philosophers have spent many sleepless nights puzzling over the phenomenon of sleep. ...
• Lacking a good answer, we—Americans in particular—have begun to lose our respect for sleep. We brag about how little sleep we get, as though it signifies how busy, and therefore how important, we are. Over the past century, average sleep times in the U. ... have declined from about 9 hours a night to little more than 7 ½— and some studies say less than 7. As a result, individuals may rack up hundreds of hours of "sleep debt" each year. ...
• Network studies have revealed significant new aspects of the importance of sleep to memory, learning, and long-term health. ...
• Sleep in learning and memory .
• In an age of endless information, it's difficult not to react by working harder and sleeping less. ... Allan Hobson suggest that what we really need is not less sleep but more. ...
• Stickgold and Hobson have shown that learning new skills requires both the right amount and the right types of sleep. Long-term improvement on visual discrimination tasks, they found, requires that training be followed by a good night's sleep: more than six hours, at a minimum, with slow-wave (deep) sleep in the first quarter of the night and REM (rapid-eye-movement) sleep during the last quarter. Both stages of sleep, they conclude, are needed to consolidate the changes in neurons that take place during learning, and to integrate these with existing memories. ...

• George Negus Tonight :: health :: Adolescent Sleep .
• Adolescent Sleep.
• Too much TV or Computing time can cause adolescent sleep deprivation.
• You probably won’t be surprised to learn that we sleep a lot less than we did 200 years ago. But you probably didn’t know that the result is harmful sleep deprivation among teenagers and young children. So when kids suddenly can’t concentrate at school, start failing exams, or worse, start having major accidents it’s literally because they’re not getting enough sleep.
• GEORGE NEGUS: We now know good sleep is important to good health. ... Latest studies show us that kids and teenagers, in fact, are becoming increasingly sleep-deprived. ...
• But every one of these activities - studying hard, watching TV, listening to music, gossiping on the phone, playing video games, are all a recipe for sleep deprivation. And for young minds, sleep deprivation means trouble. ... Now, if sleep is food for the brain, then many young Australians are in danger of brain starvation. ...
• DR CHRIS SETON, WESTMEAD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: They become overly active and sometimes hyperactive when they're sleep-deprived. So they actually get busier rather than quieter and this, again, makes them less likely to sleep. ...
• DR CAROLINE WEST: So recent research has been looking at what a difference missing out on just half an hour of sleep has on brain function or getting half an hour extra sleep does for kids and teenagers. So how much of that brain food or sleep do children need? According to the latest research, most kids in 3rd Grade and up need around 9 to 10 hours a night to function well. ... What's less understood is that sleepy kids learn less effectively. ... It doesn't take much - just half an hour less sleep a night - to have a marked effect on their learning. In class, sleep-deprived kids can drift off into microsleeps, often missing vital lessons. ... If sleep deprivation becomes a regular pattern, kids are more likely to feel isolated and they have a greater risk of being aggressive, argumentative or just plain naughty. ... The latest research suggests that many teenagers actually need as much, if not more sleep, as their younger brothers and sisters. ... And even if they're getting their 9 or 10 hours sleep, don't expect them to be bright and shiny in the mornings. ... So, naturally, they want to sleep in as well. ...

• Americans are not getting enough sleep because they have to work too hard, a new survey says. ...
• Sleepy Nation Study Finds Less Sleep Equals More Work, Less Sex .
• March 27 — Half of the nation's adults are sleep deprived, sacrificing one of life's basic necessities for more hours at work, a national sleep survey has found. ...
• Lack of Sleep Bad for Sex Life   Sleepy at Work and the Wheel  .
• In a random survey of 1,004 adults, the National Sleep Foundation found that the majority of Americans — 63 percent — don't get the eight hours of sleep recommended by experts for good health. ...
• Do you get enough sleep? Cast your ballot. ...
• The study found the overall lack of sleep is overwhelmingly associated with Americans working longer hours. ...
• Lack of Sleep Bad for Sex Life.
• "There is a direct relationship between the hours worked and its negative impact on sleep," says James C. Walsh, vice president of the National Sleep Foundation. ... " The study found most people tried to compensate for the lack of sleep during the week by tacking on a couple extra hours on the weekend.
• Although Americans are more likely to give up sleep in order to allocate hours toward work, the survey also reported people are spending less time engaged in social and leisure activities, and less time having sex than five years ago. ...
• Lower marital satisfaction is associated with less sleep, the study found. People who report less happiness in their marriages are more likely to report problems with sleeping. ...
• The study found that more than 80 percent of those surveyed said they would sleep more if they thought it would benefit their overall health, safety and well-being. ...
• "The good news is that many Americans say they don't want to give up any more sleep in spite of their hectic lives," says Richard F. Gelula, executive director of the National Sleep Foundation. ...

• Get the Sleep you need and the Dreams you desire.
• The Sleep of the Elderly.
• As we age, our body goes through several changes and so does our sleep. Unfortunately as the body gets older it becomes more and more difficult to obtain a good night's sleep. Sleep becomes more troublesome as people get older. ... On average, older individuals tend to get a little less sleep than their younger counterparts. Not only that, but the quality of an elderly person's sleep is different too. One major difference is that there is less deep sleep as one ages. More awakenings and lighter sleep lead to daytime sleepiness. ...
• Because they sleep less at night and more during the day, the internal clock of the elderly person often loses track of time. Older individuals tend to go to sleep early and also wake up early. ... Many elderly individuals who do not have regular activities and daily routines tend to nap or rest more, leading to a more erratic sleep-wake schedule. ...
• Nursing homes and intensive care units often have less natural lighting and time cues. This also leads to sporadic napping and further disorganizes the sleep-wake schedule.
• Each of these can have a profound effect on sleep. And of course there are a number of medical conditions which lead to poor sleep as well. Pain from arthritis for example often prevents the elderly person from obtaining a good night's sleep. Other medical conditions such as Parkinson's disease, dementia, heart disease, and a number of others affect sleep among the elderly. ... Unfortunately, many of the medications used to treat these medical conditions can also impair sleep.

• Less invasive surgery for obstructive sleep apnea shows good results .
• A modified version of a common surgical procedure used to treat obstructive sleep apnea appears to be effective in reducing symptoms of the disorder and less invasive for the patient, according to research published in the February issue of the Archives of Otolaryngology. ...
• Investigators from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan evaluated the efficacy of extended uvulopalatal flap, or EUPF, surgery in 55 patients with obstructive sleep apnea. ...
• In all, they found an 82 percent success rate associated with the EUPF procedure compared to the less than 50 percent rate normally associated with the uvulopalatopharyngoplasty procedure commonly used on obstructive sleep apnea patients. The patients in the study snored less, reported being less sleepy during the day and showed improvements in blood oxygen levels. ...
• "Extended uvulopalatal flap surgery can greatly reduce sleep-related adverse events and proves to be an effective therapy to enhance the quality of life of patients with obstructive sleep apnea," the investigators concluded. ...

• LESS FUN, LESS SLEEP, MORE WORK -- AN AMERICAN PORTRAIT .
• National Sleep Foundation poll shows Americans living to work, not working to live. Foundation urges Americans to make time for sleep. ...
• WASHINGTON, DC, March 27 - A world that "never goes to sleep" offers many diverse activities -- even the possibility of working 24/7, but encourages unhealthy and sometimes antisocial lifestyles for America's adults. ... Adults report spending less time sleeping, engaged in social and leisure activities, and having sex than they did just five years ago. Most Americans say they suffer from sleep problems and when they go to sleep, many sleep alone - even if they are married. ...
• These are some of the key findings in the National Sleep Foundation's (NSF) 2001 Sleep in America poll, which looks at the relationship between Americans' lifestyles, sleep habits and sleep problems. The poll was released today as part of NSF's National Sleep Awareness Week (March 26-April 1), as most of the nation prepares to lose an hour of sleep this weekend with the arrival of Daylight Saving Time Sunday morning, (April 1). ...
• Sleep deprivation continues to be widespread in America. According to the NSF poll, a majority of American adults (63%) does not get the recommended eight hours of sleep needed for good health, safety, and optimum performance. In fact, nearly one-third (31%) report sleeping less than seven hours each week night, though many adults say they try to sleep more on weekends. ...
• This year's poll also shows that more than one-third of Americans say they get less sleep now than five years ago, and seven in 10 (69%) say they experience frequent sleep problems, though most have not been diagnosed. But respondents say they would sleep more if they believed it would benefit their overall health, safety, and well-being. More than eight out of l0 say they would sleep more if they knew they could be healthier (85%), perform in a safer way and avoid injuries (83%) and could improve their memory (82%). ...
• "The 2001 Sleep in America poll shows good news and bad news," says Richard L. ... "The good news is that many Americans say they don't want to give up any more sleep in spite of their hectic lives. And they would sleep more if they were convinced it would contribute to their quality of life. The bad news is far too many adults still sacrifice sleep, which is unhealthy and counter-productive. We have our work cut out for us to educate Americans that a good night's sleep is a necessity, not a luxury. Americans must make time for sleep," Gelula added. ...

• The results of a 2002 National Sleep Foundation (NSF) survey indicate that a majority of American adults experience at least one symptom of insomnia at least a few nights a week. In addition, more than a quarter of NSF survey respondents rated their sleep as "fair" or "poor," and more than a third reported feeling extreme daytime drowsiness at least a few days each month.
• How much sleep do we need? .
• Others can get by on less. " But, Ruth cautions, "many people who think they can get along on less actually need more sleep and are chronically sleep deprived. ...
• Ruth also refutes the common belief that the older one is, the less sleep one needs. "Sleep patterns may change with age," Ruth explains, "but sleep needs generally do not. In fact, the quality of sleep may decrease as you age, so sleep requirements may actually increase. ...
• For an optimal night's sleep, an individual needs the right mix of alternating REM (rapid-eye-movement) and non-REM sleep. ...
• Why can't I sleep? .
• MIT Medical clinicians agree that the most common sleep problem they see is stress-related insomnia, "For most people, it will be short-lived," Ruth says, "but if not managed properly, the problem can persist. ...
• Sleep difficulties can also arise from schedule disruptions, says psychologist and Mental Health Service chief Alan Siegel, Ed. ... But in doing so, they may begin a process of disrupting their ordinary sleep cycles. " Siegel notes that students studying for exams or working to complete papers or projects are especially vulnerable to these types of sleep-pattern disruptions. ... "And to get back on track, you need to put yourself back on your usual sleep schedule without napping. ...
• Changes in sleep patterns can also be a symptom of depression, says psychiatric nurse practitioner Laurie Zelas, R. ... "People who are depressed either sleep more or less, or they have a very interrupted kind of sleep, waking frequently," she explains. "Sometimes the sleeping problem is the primary complaint, but when we treat the underlying depression, the sleep problem resolves. ...

• Tired Americans Work Harder, Sleep Less.
• May 21, 2001 (LaurusHealth) - According to a recent poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), 63 percent of American adults don’t get the recommended 8 hours of sleep per night. Nearly one third of respondents reported sleeping less than 7 hours a night. The consequences of too little sleep can be severe and may include loss of memory and concentration, a weakened immune system, and constant fatigue.
• Lack of sleep can cause other side effects, such as:.
• One of 5 adults has chronic insomnia, and 7 of 10 say they have periodic sleep problems, according to the NSF. ... More work hours mean less time to replenish the mind and body through rest or leisure. ...
• Although 85 percent of the NSF’s respondents claimed that they would sleep more if it would improve their health, the trend of working more hours and getting less sleep has increased in the past 5 years.
• Contrary to popular belief, the mind and body don’t shut down during sleep. During sleep, the body does maintenance work—work that’s vital for functioning at your best during the day. ... Sleep also enables the brain to process the day's learning. ... Getting the proper amount of sleep and a combination of light and deep sleep throughout the night provides the greatest benefit.
• When people accumulate sleep loss from one night to the next, it’s called, "sleep debt. " You can’t miss sleep during the workweek and make up for it on the weekend; the only way to restore even a small sleep debt is to get the sleep you need on a regular basis.
• The Better Sleep Council offers these proven tips to help you get the rest you need.
• If you exercise consistently, you can help relieve the day's tension and promote restful sleep. ...

• Left to your own devices, you'd sleep and wake up just fine, but at the "wrong" times. The most common circadian disorder is probably delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS), which causes a delay of several hours in people's ability to get sleepy and their ability to wake up refreshed. ...
• Lots of people like to party late and sleep all day. ...
• Certainly most people can alter their sleep schedules somewhat, sometimes by many hours, but by the same token, most people can go back to a normal schedule without needing more than a few days to adjust. ...
• Lots of people are getting less sleep due to the demands of work, family, and personal life. ...
• It's true that the average American (and the people in many other industrialized countries) is living with a sleep deficit in modern times. One notable difference, though, is that when people with circadian disorders try to stick to a normal schedule, they get even less sleep than do normal people who are burning the candle at both ends.
• When normal people are exhausted and they go to bed at night, they sleep. ...
• What doctors call "good sleep hygiene," such as cutting out all caffeine, is the first thing they prescribe. ... While chronic sleep deprivation can be a depressing thing, depression does not cause circadian disorders. ... They are unsuitable for permanent sleep problems such as circadian disorders.

• Less sleep over time slows brain, study finds.
• People who think they can function well on very little sleep may be deceiving themselves.
• A University of Pennsylvania study has found that people who got even six hours of sleep a night over a two-week period began to perform as poorly on brain-function tests as people who did not sleep at all for two days straight.
• "This dispels the myth that people can do with less sleep, that they will adapt to it, get used to it, and no longer suffer the consequences," said Hans P. ... Van Dongen, an assistant professor of sleep and chronobiology at Penn who worked on the study.
• He said people who shortchange their sleep night after night accumulate a "sleep debt" that affects attention, reaction time and working memory - all functions that are important in the workplace, school and for everyday tasks such as operating machinery or driving a car.
• "It's important to devote time to sleep," said Van Dongen, even if it means using the weekends to catch up.
• The study, published in a recent issue of the journal Sleep, involved 48 people ages 21 to 38 who were assigned to get four, six or eight hours of sleep for 14 days or no sleep for three days.
• Performance on the tests diminished as sleep deprivation built up, to the point where those who slept four or six hours began to do as badly as those who went without sleep.
• Van Dongen said sleep-deprived participants did poorly on tests even when they reported feeling only slightly sleepy.
• Hunt, director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, part of the National Institutes of Health, said the Penn study drives home the point that sleep-deprived people often "are not aware of their deficits. ...
• Many sleep experts fear that sleep deprivation is becoming the norm as an increasingly round-the-clock society allows people to shop, eat out, watch TV, and surf the Internet at any hour of the day or night.
• Hunt said surveys have shown that 20 percent to 25 percent of Americans report not getting enough sleep on a regular basis. And sleep loss is not a problem just for adults. Two years ago the NIH, joined by the American Academy of Pediatrics and other organizations, launched a public-health campaign aimed at children, urging them to get at least nine hours of sleep a night to stay healthy.
• "People with chronic sleep loss don't know how much they need sleep until they get it," he said.

• Getting enough (or too much) sleep? .
• The secret to a good night's sleep is no secret at all: Listen to what your body is telling you.
• The bad news is that you're probably getting less sleep than your grandparents did. ...
• 22 hours of nightly sleep most of us average and the eight hours that experts recommend, new research shows eight may be more than enough. ...
• People who routinely sleep only six to seven hours on average have a longer life expectancy than those who get eight or more, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) recently reported in the Archives of General Psychiatry (Feb 15, 2002). ...
• , and his colleagues found that subjects who slept seven hours a night lived the longest -- and that people who sleep eight hours or more are likely to die at a younger age than those who sleep less. ...
• Does that mean too much sleep shortens your life span? More research is needed to determine whether less sleep will lead to a longer life, Kripke told Well Journal. "But people who sleep five, six or seven hours a night without excessive sleepiness should be reassured that there is no safety risk in not sleeping eight hours," says the doctor. ...
• "Sleep less" is not the message that makers of sleeping pills and mattresses necessarily want you to hear. The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) issued a public critique of the Kripke article, citing flaws in sampling and conclusions. The foundation continues to recommend up to nine hours of sleep each night. ...
• Who, then, should you listen to? If your waking hours are marked by fatigue, difficulty concentrating and a generally irritable mood, your body is probably telling you it needs more -- or better quality -- sleep. ...
• Signs that lack of sleep is putting your health or safety at risk are: .
• By skipping sleep we're suffering more than an occasional memory lapse, attention deficit or bad mood. Sleep is needed for the healthy operation of the nervous, respiratory and immune systems. ...
• A sleep-deprived person drives as poorly (or worse) than someone who's fully intoxicated, causing 100,000 motor vehicle accidents and 1,500 deaths per year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Lack of sleep has been implicated in such large-scale accidents as the Exxon Valdez oil spill and Three Mile Island nuclear plant mishap, according to the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research (NCSDR). ...

• Children get more tired--and less sleep--as they get older .
• The researchers from Israel monitored the sleep patterns of 140 children -72 boys and 68 girls - in 2nd, 4th and 6th grades, for 5 nights. ...
• The students and their parents filled out questionnaires on daytime fatigue and kept daily sleep reports.
• According to results published in the May issue of Developmental Psychology, 6th grade students get to bed on average 1 hour later than 2nd grade students and got an average of 8 hours of sleep instead of 9 hours.
• Avi Sadeh, a psychologist at Tel Aviv University, pointed out that lack of sleep can affect a child's behavior, academic performance and emotional control.
• 'Our studies indicate that insufficient sleep is associated with deficits in learning and attention performance,' he said.
• Studies have also found that lack of sleep is associated with behavior problems and poor emotional regulation in children. In teenagers, sleep deprivation can lead to increased use of stimulants such as caffeine, alcohol, and other drugs, Sadeh added.
• 'Sleep plays an important role in child development and is related to other major components of a child's well-being,' Sadeh and colleagues write.
• For this reason, many children should be getting more sleep. Sadeh suggests that parents enforce earlier bedtimes if they suspect their child is not getting enough sleep. ...
• 'In a recent study, we promised 6th graders a small prize for going to sleep an hour earlier for three subsequent nights,' Sadeh said. ...

• Poll: Americans working more, sleeping less.
• WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Americans are working more, sleeping less and having sex less often than they did just five years ago, a shift that is contributing to unhealthier lifestyles, according to a new poll. ...
• The National Sleep Foundation, a nonprofit public health organization, polled 1,004 adults at least 18 years old, asking a variety of questions about their sleep habits. ...
• The poll, released Monday, found that many Americans say they do not want to give up any more sleep in spite of their hectic daily schedules and that they would sleep more if convinced it would contribute to a healthier life. At the same time, the poll found most Americans sacrifice sleep and leisure activities above all else. ...
• "We have our work cut out for us to educate Americans that a good night's sleep is a necessity, not a luxury. Americans must make time for sleep," said Richard Gelula, the director of the foundation. ...
• The foundation recommends at least eight hours of sleep a night. ... In fact, nearly one-third of the respondents reported sleeping less than seven hours per weeknight. ...
• "There is a direct relationship between hours worked and its negative impact on sleep," said James Walsh, the foundation's vice president. ...
• But 85 percent of respondents said they would sleep more if they knew it would improve their health. ...
• 52 percent of American adults said they spend less time having sex than they did five years ago. ...
• 38 percent of the respondents said they have sex less than once a week. ...
• 69 percent of the respondents said they experience frequent sleep problems. ...
• Not surprisingly, sleep problems are most prevalent in households with children under the age of 18. Married people with children average less sleep during the week than those without children, 6. ...

• Kids Who Get Less Sleep Act Out More Kids Who Get Less Sleep Act Out More.
• June 14, 1999 -- Children who sleep less than 10 hours in a 24-hour period may be more likely to throw temper tantrums than those who get more sleep, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. ...
• Reasearchers from the Children's Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University Medical School studied the sleep patterns of 510 children between the ages of two and five years old. ... "The relationship between sleep and daytime behavior problems may exist because less sleep causes children to have those problems. Or because daytime behavior problems cause children to sleep less. ...
• While study authors found that children who got less sleep were more likely to have behavioral problems, they did say that between the ages of one and six years old, the amount of sleep children actually need declines from 13 hours for a two-year-old and only 9 1/2 hours for a six-year old.

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