The effects of sleep deprivation have been well studied. Sleep deprivation happens when you do not get enough sleep, or good quality sleep, to meet your body's needs. Not getting adequate sleep ...

Pediatric patients who were sleep deprived prior to dermatological surgery had significantly higher rates of surgery completion than those who were not sleep deprived. Improvements in the ...

Objective, rapid evaluation of cognitive function is critical for identifying situational impairment due to sleep deprivation. The present study used brain vital sign monitoring to evaluate acute ...

Sleep deprivation is the touchstone of many a meme, but the effects of falling short on shut-eye are no joke. In Sleep Support, we explore the barriers to a good night's rest—including sleep ...

However, research has shown that sleep deprivation can be just as harmful as smoking cigarettes. According to the CDC, the average healthy adult should aim to get between 7 to 9 hours of sleep ...

Doctors now think they understand why PTSD patients and others aren’t able to keep troubling memories at bay. Sleep deprivation appears to interfere with people’s ability to restrict the retrieval of ...

For instance, sleep deprivation increases levels of ghrelin and decreases levels of leptin. Ghrelin is a hormone that makes us feel hungry while leptin makes us feel full. This may cause us to ...

Sleep disorders are problems in sleep that meet diagnostic criteria for a disorder. They include insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, parasomnias and narcolepsy.

But sleep deprivation, unfortunately, is all too common—particularly in the U.S.—and may be at least partially to blame for many maladies that are common today. Prioritizing sleep isn’t ...

Obesity, cognitive decline, weakened immune function, and an increased risk of anxiety and depression are all health problems linked to chronic sleep deprivation. Moreover, poor sleep negatively ...