Tag: sleep
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The Science of Sleeplessness
Read more: The Science of SleeplessnessA survey of the latest in sleep science (and sleep science books) by Elizabeth Kolbert in the New Yorker. This is from The Slumbering Masses, by Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer: “Americans, like other people around the world, used to sleep in an unconsolidated fashion, that is, in two or more periods throughout the day.” They went to bed not long after the…
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Parents Need Sleep
Read more: Parents Need SleepA Q&A about the sleeplessness that comes with parenting. Chronic insomnia has been linked to a range of medical problems, from loss of concentration to high blood pressure…But can getting up throughout the night to tend to new baby cause long-term health problems as well?
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Study: Get Some Sleep
Read more: Study: Get Some SleepPsychCentral: Cumulative Sleep Deprivation Harms Brain and Body. “Instead of going to bed when they are tired, like they should, people watch TV and want to have an active social life,” she says. “People count on catching up on their sleep on the weekends, but it may not be enough.” Also: Similar Effects from Chronic…
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Wide Awake
Read more: Wide AwakeAn NYT review of Wide Awake: A Memoir of Insomnia, by Patricia Morrisroe. Morrisroe interviews an anthropologist who says that in many traditional, non-Western cultures people sleep on light mats, not beds, sometimes in groups around a fire. Instead of what the anthropologist calls our “lie down and die” model, people drift in and out…
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CBT for Insomnia
Read more: CBT for InsomniaCBT for insomnia (CBT-I) quickly outlined in an NYT interview. Simple and straightforward enough to invite DIY CBT-I–do it yourself: Self-help books offering CBT-I are also available. Two that I really like are“The Insomnia Answer,” by Paul Glovinsky and Art Spielman, and “Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep,” by Colleen E. Carney and Rachel Manber.