Article: `Sleep on it' may be a lesson worth heeding

Article: Sleep
Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence;      700+ words ... ... with the total of day and nighttime sleep roughly equal. A newborn's total sleep need is from 16 to 18 hours in every 24-hour period. Newborns spend approximately 50 percent of their sleep period in the REM phase. Infants ...

Article: To sleep or not to sleep: the ecology of ...
BMC Ecology;  May 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... in the duration of sleep. In mammals, for ... Chaetophractus villous ) can sleep up to 20 hours per day [6], while ... Giraffa camelopardalis ) sleeps for only two hours per day [7, 8 ... variation in the timing of sleep throughout the day ...

Sleep apnea.(Adult Health Advisor 2007)(Disease/Disorder overview)
Clinical Reference Systems;  May 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... does it occur? During normal sleep, throat muscles relax. If ... breathing again. If you have sleep apnea, this cycle may repeat as often as 50 or more times an hour. Generally you will not remember ... airway. Other possible causes of sleep apnea are: * tobacco smoking ...

Dictionary definition: sleep
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      700+ words ...sleep / sl&x113 ... recurs for several hours every night, in ... on the verge of sleep | [in sing ... slept for half an hour | [as adj ... x220E;  ( sleep through ) fail ... city that never sleeps. ∎ ...

Article: Sleep problems of parents of typically developing children ...
Journal of Genetic Psychology;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL SLEEP FOUNDATION (2004), children in the United States and their parents are not getting enough sleep (see also National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, 2003). Researchers have indicated ...

Article: The sleep connection: poor sleep can hurt more than ...
Vibrant Life;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Sleep. We all need it. Yet most of us don't get enough. Mostly we rob ourselves of sleep. Our rushed lives take huge tolls. According to a study done by the American Sleep Foundation, nearly two thirds of American adults ...

Article: Sleep Well, Your Life May Depend on it - Central ...
Business Wire;  December 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ...CHICAGO -- Sleep disorders are one of the most significant medical problems ... have. An estimated 15 million Americans have obstructive sleep apnea and many individuals have other sleep disorders as well. Sleep apnea is the most serious sleep ...