Archive for the 'Sleep news' Category

Curious case of a boy who could not sleep

Have you come across this story of a 3 year old boy, Rhett Lamb, who couldn’t sleep? I used to have sleep problems that as I recall, felt something like that too. Yes, your body feels tired, but for some weird reason you can’t sleep. And this can drag on for many days on end. [...]

A little more than 6 hours sleep seems to be adequate

6 hours of sleep used to be thought of as inadequate. But the results of a study done way back in 2002 seems to raise the question again of whether a night’s sleep of 6-plus hours for the average adult was at all inadequate, as has been widely thought. According to Daniel Kripke, co-director of [...]

Sleepy brains prone to freqeunt shutdowns

This is an interesting article concerning the adverse effects of not getting enough sleep. It’s always been clear to sleep researchers that the brain is practically forced to take periodic bouts of mini naps if it doesn’t get enough sleep. That’s why we find ourselves nodding off if miss our regular sleep times. After reading [...]