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Back in November 2010, we wrote about pilot error due to fatigue and sleep deprivation. We also noted that the FAA and pilots’ unions were campaigning for schedule reform to mitigate this issue but were facing opposition from airline companies. Some pilots even said that the FAA’s original proposal was not sufficient. They wanted 10 [...]
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This article comes from the team at REM Sleep Labs, an accredited sleep testing center with Sleep Centers in Orange County, Los Angeles, and San Diego Their goal is to develop and maintain high quality healthcare service and provide education to the public and healthcare professionals. Being tired isn’t exactly out of the ordinary for [...]
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Ever get the sense that something’s watching you while you’re asleep? Or that there’s some thing in the room? Perhaps it’s under the bed or standing over you? Perhaps it even looks something like this: If so don’t worry; you’re not crazy. What you’re experiencing is what’s known as Sleep Paralysis (SP). It’s when [...]
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Biological sex, that is. The kind that operates within your body, affecting everything from blood pressure, to hormone production, to sleep. We like to say that it doesn’t matter, that we’re all equal – until it does. A recent Wall Street Journal article was just another reminder that sex, indeed, does matter. Men are From [...]
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On your “good sleep” list, you’ve got all your sheep in place, so to speak. Deep Sleep De-Mystified? Check. REM remastered? Check. 7 Steps for Sleeping Soundly? Check. The only thing your missing is Wake. Or rather, you’re not missing it – you want to know what to do about it. I’ll know it when [...]
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REM. It’s the stage of sleep where a day’s memories are processed and stored. Anything that you’ve deemed to be “important” will be cataloged somewhere in your brain while the rest will be forgotten. If you skimp out on REM – say by not getting enough sleep- you’ll negatively impact this process and won’t be [...]
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Okay, so you’re not happy with your sleep. Specifically, you’re not happy with the amount of Deep Sleep you get. Every day, you wake up wanting more. But what to do about it? I mean, you’ve tried everything under the sun. Everything. You’ve even done all 7 things to improve your sleep, and still that [...]
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Be honest: How many times have you had that extra drink at night or that soda in the afternoon? Didn’t get that walk in like you said you would? Suffered though a night of pain instead of talking with your doctor to help find a solution? We’ve all done these things more than we’d like [...]
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Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from Zeo Expert Answers, a library of articles written by sleep experts answering your questions. Our users have asked all sorts of great questions and we want to share some of them with the community at large. If you’ve got questions about your sleep, and want to hear what the [...]
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Let’s say that you’re doing an experiment 100 times and out of that 100 times, you got the results you needed for 80% of the trials. But what if you wanted to take that 80% and boost it to 90%? What would you do? You’d probably refine your experiment to increase your precision of getting [...]
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