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Article: Alcohol, sleep restriction impairs young men's alertness while driving
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- The Hindustan Times
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- October 2, 2007
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Washington, Oct. 2 -- A new study has revealed that a combination of low-dose alcohol with moderate sleep restriction can have a significant adverse effect on young men's subjective alertness and driving performance.
Led by Andrew Vakulin, of the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health at Repatriation General Hospital in Australia, the study was published in the October 1 issue of the journal Sleep.
The research enrolled 21 healthy young men, aged 18-30 years, who all had normal sleep patterns and no sleep disorders.
Participants had to perform an exercise as part of the research wherein they completed a 70-minute ...