Posted by Sleepsonic on November 1, 2011
In Silicon Valley, it seems that the world never sleeps. In this haven for all-hours start-ups and venture-capital firms with global connections, high-tech workers are joining doctors, nurses, paramedics and emergency vets; truck drivers; pilots, flight attendants and air-traffic controllers; janitors; retailers; and those with international business pursuits, who often work at night or on [...]
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Posted by Sleepsonic on October 4, 2010
Stress Management for Friends and Family Members People who suffer from stress related disorders often find dealing with the problem to be a real challenge. But, the people who love them most find coping even harder. If you yourself do not have a nervousness disorder, it can be tough to understand someone else, and yet [...]
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Posted by Sleepsonic on July 27, 2010
Is it Insomnia? Patricia Morrisroe has written a book about her experiences with insomnia called “Wide Awake: A Memoir of Insomnia”. This is a book about more than just a sleep(less) issue. This is a book about, eventually, discovering where her so-called illness comes from. Her discovery will not be welcomed by sleep doctors, pharmaceutical [...]
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Posted by Sleepsonic on July 3, 2010
A recent study was done at UC Berkeley in which volunteers who took a 90-minute catnap during the day performed better on a cognitive test than those volunteers who stayed awake the whole day. The test was made up of two groups of students, both of whom took a so-called hard learning task in the [...]
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