People would often break their sleep into two sleep sessions. They would wake during the twilight hours and would get up to read and socialize. There is also the concept of the siesta where people would sleep in the afternoon and wake in the evening.
Shut-Eye Deficit: OECD Survey Reveals Japan Most Lacking in Sleep
Around half of Japanese people in their forties get less than six hours of sleep per night. A 2017 national health and nutrition survey conducted by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, measured the daily average sleep (based on the previous one-month period) for men and women in their twenties and over.
Could a DNA Test Help You Get A Better Night’s Sleep?
Genetic discoveries are being made at a tremendous pace, and I’m excited that genes related to many sleep disorders are among those finds. All this new genetic research may one day play a role in helping doctors understand who is at risk and perhaps help tailor a remedy for them. Some genes are already being tested for through common consumer DNA test kits.
The effects of going more than 24 hours without sleep
Getting enough sleep is vital for both physical and emotional well-being. Sleep deprivation can lead to many short- and long-term health effects.
Sleep loss can turn us into social outcasts
Sleep deprivation can contribute to a host of mental and physical problems, including depression, diabetes, and impaired cognitive functioning.
Improve Your Sleep 2018
Improve your sleep Join us for an info session on November 14, 2018 at Clinique Santé & Physique, 4080 boul. des sources, suite 102. We provide quick and convenient sleep evaluations in your home, in and around the greater Montreal area. We test patients every year for sleep disorders both common and rare. …
Sleeping sickness – Encephalitis lethargica
Imagine waking up one day being told that 40 years have passed. Those with sleeping sickness are conscious and aware, but not fully awake.
Infographic: Insomnia in the Workplace
Accidents and unintentional injuries are among the leading causes of death in the United States. Being awake and alert is one key factor to avoid such unfortunate incidents.
Everything old is new for Ontario’s sex education
While children across the country enjoy the last days of summer, school board officials and teachers in Ontario are already preparing for changes coming this fall.
The new provincial government, led by Premier Doug Ford, is reverting Ontario’s Health and Physical Education Curriculum (which includes sexual education) to a version first introduced to school-aged children in 1998. Ontario students will no longer have easy access to information about masturbation, same-sex marriage or gender identity issues, all of which were identified by parent groups as being the most controversial topics from the Ontario curriculum from 2015 until now.
Sleep apnea: Intermittent hypoxemia
Sleep apnea is a block in your respiration during the night that leads to a decrease of oxygen in your blood and is often associated with a brain arousal.
Sleeplessness | Happiness
The lack of sleep can have an antidepressant quality in a proportion of patients with major depression. There is some evidence, that for certain individuals reducing their sleep can increase their positive emotional experience.