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Article: Catching zzzs: are you nodding off in class or even behind the wheel of a car? Here's how you can get the sleep your body needs.(your body and mind)
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- Scholastic Choices
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- October 1, 2007
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ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:
1. Did you know that teenagers are supposed to sleep for at least nine hours a night?
2. Do you sleep for that long each night?.
Many of you probably didn't know the answer to the first question and laughed at the second question. With video games to play, TV to watch, after-school activities to participate in, and socializing to do, who has time to sleep, right? Then there's the stress of schoolwork that keeps you tossing in bed or up late perfecting an essay or a project. "This is a stress generation," says Dr. Helene Emsellem, medical director of the Center for Sleep & Wake Disorders ...