sleep
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Sleep Scientists Want to Cancel Daylight Saving Time
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine, a U.S. organisation representing sleep scientists and clinicians, has called for the eradication of the century-long practice of daylight saving time, in which clocks are moved an hour forward in the spring and returned back an hour in the winter. The twice-a-year transition, they argue, not only inconveniences everyone…
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Daylight Saving Time Linked To More Deadly Car Crashes
A new study out Thursday highlights a disturbing consequence of the much-hated tradition of Daylight Saving Time. It found evidence that the yearly moving-ahead of clocks in the spring leads to more fatal car crashes throughout the U.S. during the following week.
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Bose Sleepbuds Helped Me Sleep But Damn They’re Expensive
I recently spent some time with Bose’s Noise-Masking Sleepbuds. When I first wrote about them, I admitted to not being the the target market for these little guys. I’m fortunately blessed with the ability to sleep pretty much anywhere, anytime. It’s okay to hate me. But these landed in my hands while I was experiencing…
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Nurses At New Jersey Hospital Fed Patients Benadryl To Avoid Work, Whistleblower Lawsuit Alleges
In an explosive new lawsuit this week, nurses at a New Jersey hospital have been accused by one of their own of drugging patients with the drowsy medication Benadryl to avoid work. The plaintiff, Patricia Moran, is suing her employer, the Monmouth Medical Centre, for having allegedly punished her after she spoke out about the…