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Take A Daytime Sleepiness Quiz

Take A Daytime Sleepiness Quiz

Posted by on May 11, 2017 in Blog |

In a previous post, Why do we sleep? we puzzled through the purpose of sleep for our bodies. In a recent TED talk, neuroscientist Lisa Genova (see her talk below) connects the dots explaining how good sleep clears out the toxic amyloids that are associated with Alzheimer’s. (learn more about Alzheimer’s here) “In slow-wave deep sleep, our...

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Why Do We Sleep? Sleeping and Sleep Awareness Week

Why Do We Sleep?  Sleeping and Sleep Awareness Week

Posted by on Mar 5, 2016 in Blog |

“Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it… Let’s do it,” ~Cole Porter Let’s Fall Asleep. All right, so the song doesn’t go like this exactly but it is true that everybody–bees, birds, scorpions, dolphins and lots of other animals–sleep. The Dangers of Sleep Yet if you think about it, sleeping is a pretty dangerous...

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