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How Much Sleep Do I Need?

By WebMD Medical Reference — 2020

The amount of sleep a person needs depends on many things, including their age.

Read on www.webmd.com

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Also, I could finally sleep. And this was the real gift, because when you cannot sleep, you cannot get yourself out of the ditch—there’s not a chance.

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Elizabeth Gilbert
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Claudia Aguirre: What Would Happen If You Didn’t Sleep?

In the United States, it’s estimated that 30 percent of adults and 66 percent of adolescents are regularly sleep-deprived. This isn’t just a minor inconvenience: staying awake can cause serious bodily harm. Claudia Aguirre shows what happens to your body and brain when you skip sleep.

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2015
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The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep

For Dr. Guy Leschziner’s patients, there is no rest for the weary in mind and body. Insomnia, narcolepsy, night terrors, apnea, and sleepwalking are just a sampling of conditions afflicting sufferers who cannot sleep―and their experiences in trying are the stuff of nightmares.

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Guy Leschziner
2019
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Why Healthy Sleep is Crucial for Academic Success

Many students believe that the more they study, the better they will perform in school, even if that means sacrificing a night of rest.

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2018
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Cancer Treatment and Sleep Disorders

Early stage breast cancer patient talks about how her cancer treatment was put on hold because of heart problems caused by sleep apnea. The sleep disorder clinic at M.D. Anderson treated her, and discusses a variety of sleep issues in those diagnosed with and treated for cancer.

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2007
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Obsession: Andrew Solomon on Sleep

Author and essayist Andrew Solomon has written on a widely divergent range of topics, including Soviet artists, Libyan governance, childrearing, and the politics of the deaf. For this event, his famously obsessive attention focused on the topic of sleep.

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Andrew Solomon
2013
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Sleep Expert Reveals How You Can Optimize Your Brain with These Simple Hacks—Matthew Walker

More than 50 million Americans suffer with some form of sleep deprivation, and the chances are you may be one. According to World Sleep Day, “Sleep problems constitute a global epidemic that threatens health and quality of life for up to 45% of the world’s population.

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2021
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The Harvard Medical School Guide to a Good Night’s Sleep

How many times have you heard it’s important to get a good night’s sleep? It sounds simple, but it isn’t always easy.

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Lawrence Epstein, Steven Mardon
2025
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Say Good Night to Insomnia

For the past ten years, sleep-deprived Americans have found natural, drug-free relief from insomnia with the help of Dr. Gregg D. Jacobs’s Say Good Night to Insomnia.

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Gregg D. Jacobs
2025
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Sleep: A Very Short Introduction

Why do we need sleep? What is sleep? What happens when we don’t get enough? This Very Short Introduction addresses the biological and psychological aspects of sleep, providing a basic understanding of what sleep is and how it is measured, a look at sleep through the human lifespan, and the causes...

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Steven W. Lockley, Russell G. Foster
2025
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