12 March 2010, 7:00 am
Ethan Merbaum knows all too well the feeling of not getting a good night's rest, of lying in bed with nothing happening and being tired without being able to fall asleep. He knows all about watching his grades plummet and even about falling asleep in class.... Read More »
12 March 2010, 1:07 am
Too tired for sex? You're not alone. About 25 percent of Americans married or living with someone say they are so sleep-deprived that they are often too tired to have sex, according to a new study by the National Sleep Foundation. Lack of sleep also keep... Read More »
11 March 2010, 8:41 pm
Arctic reindeer survive the continuous summers and never-ending winters by turning off the genes that run their circadian clock. Other species (such as humans) that can't turn off the clock often suffer from summer insomnia and winter depression in the northern latitudes.... Read More »
11 March 2010, 2:01 am
During a sleep study Tuesday at the Sleep Center at Doctors Community Hospital, clinical coordinator Celeste Williams (top), 54, of Laurel demonstrates placing electrodes on Annie Boyd, 28, of Baltimore, who is the patient service coordinator at the Lanham center.... Read More »
11 March 2010, 2:01 am
Bill Zwecker: With the premature death of Corey Haim -- yet another once-hot but long-faded young Hollywood star -- the entertainment world was again shaking its collective heads Wednesday.... Read More »
11 March 2010, 1:28 am
No sleep problem is as misunderstood as insomnia. This is true even though it affects about 20 percent of adults in the United States. About 30 percent more women experience insomnia.... Read More »
10 March 2010, 10:13 pm
Many Americans will lose an hour of sleep on March 14, the first day of daylight-saving time, when clocks are set ahead one hour at 2 a.m. local standard time—making it harder to wake up, causing difficulty in staying alert and increasing the chance of sleepy-driving car crashes.... Read More »
10 March 2010, 10:10 pm
LONG BEACH - While Sunday is the day we "spring forward" into daylight saving time, many of us will be crawling out of bed because of the hour lost in the switch.... Read More »
10 March 2010, 9:06 pm
By: Brianne Keller For some college students, the decision on whether or not to get out of bed is a daily struggle. Once the battle between bed and class is won, students join their fellow sleep-deprived classmates in a zombie-like shuffle across campus. ...... Read More »
10 March 2010, 3:43 pm
Charlie Huston still qualifies as a bit of a newbie to the crime-fiction scene, yet the prolific author’s already created a career’s worth of material.... Read More »