sleep habits

According to a report of the World Health Organization (WHO), insomnia torments between ten and fifteen percent of the people in the USA. However, if you find it difficult to fall asleep at night or wake up at 2 or 3 am and then can’t go…

As someone who eschewed sleep for most of my undergraduate years, I always find it interesting that we still don’t know precisely why we need sleep. Science can figure out a lot about sleep: what it helps us do, what happens if we don’t get…

One of the most fascinating and frustrating aspects of medical research has always been the "placebo effect." Basically, you can tell someone they are taking a drug that will have a certain effect on them, give them a sugar pill that does…