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Article: Beating insomnia. (includes related article)
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- May 1, 1995
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To his teachers, 16-year-old Jason is the student most likely to fall asleep in class. After all, his school day is followed by a grueling basketball practice and three hours behind a fast-food counter. Then there's homework, late-night phone chats with his girlfriend, and catching up on MTV. When Jason's head finally hits the pillow, his mind is still racing with thoughts about everything from tomorrow's history test to his latest outbreak of zits. Then, just when it seems like he's finally settled into a cozy sleep, his alarm clock rousts him out of bed to start another day.
Jason is suffering from insomnia, a sleep disorder that afflicts about one-third of all ...