One, such as death in sleep, is something we might all hope for.
Russian missiles targeted at American children as they sleep in their beds.
In a company-funded study published last year in the Journal of Sleep Research, the Zeo predicted the same sleep cycle as professional sleep equipment in a lab about 75% of the time, compared with 86% agreement for two independent professional lab measures with each other.
The survey also concluded parents now take twice as long to get their babies to sleep in the evening as their parents' generation did - an average of 56 minutes compared to 28.
As a participant in the sleep-deprivation experiment, Kleitman stayed awake longer than anyone else a hundred and fifteen hours straight.
There is, for instance, a simple, spooky sense in which the Internet is just a loud and unlimited library in which we now live as if one went to sleep every night in the college stacks, surrounded by pamphlets and polemics and possibilities.
Scientists aren't certain as to why poor sleep in childhood increases the risk of anxiety disorders and depression.
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"We split the data in this way because older adults, especially women, tend to report more insomnia as they age, and sleep patterns in general start to change, " McClain says.
He concludes that what Americans have come to think of as sleep problems are mostly just problems in the way Americans have come to think about sleep.
The last big shift in the sleeping-pill market came 12 years ago, when Ambien hit pharmacy shelves in the U.S. The drug is viewed as having fewer side effects than older sleep aids such as Halcion, which left patients feeling groggy in the morning.
However, the team found that eventually both methods of memory retrieval were as effective in the tasks, meaning that while sleep deprivation affects brain function it does not affect overt behaviour, as previously thought.
The government hopes its proposals will appeal to voters who live and work in the countryside as well as sleep there.
And as embedded journalists, we sleep in tents, and for seven or eight or 10 days now, we've heard that consistently.
The al-Qaeda leader's face still looks tired and lined, as befits a fugitive who may well have to sleep in different locations almost every night, but it is not quite as gaunt or exhausted looking as it was three years ago.
Finally, make sure that you are getting at least seven to eight hours of sleep, as there has been considerable research in the last five years on the effect of getting too little sleep on obesity.
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This year, heavy rain turned the festival site at Seaclose Park, Newport, into a mud bath, which forced festival-goers to sleep in their cars as traffic became gridlocked.
Last year's event was marred by heavy rain, which turned many car parks into mud baths with some festival-goers forced to sleep in their cars as traffic became gridlocked.
Jet Lag Rooster is an online calculator that employs similar guidelines to those used at academic institutions such as the Mayo Center for Sleep Medicine in Minnesota and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
Hemingway told CNN she does not remember her father abusing her, but notes that she did sleep in the same room as her mother, who had cancer, possibly as protection from her father.
The pilot episode is about 2nd Mass as they make and break camp, sleep in vacant homes (only military can sleep in homes, civilians sleep in tents), and gather ammo and food just trying to hide and survive.
The writer took eight photos in all: the bum on his knees with his arms stretched out to the sides, and in other poses, such as pretending to sleep on a bench, thoughtfully watching the river flow by, or smiling and waving his hand.
Caffeine has, of course, also been linked to sleep disturbances in children, just as it is for adults.
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Usually thought of as an adult disorder, sleep apnea in which children frequently stop breathing or have episodes of reduced airflow during sleep afflicts between 1% and 3% of children, though many doctors believe the number is greater.
Treat your appointment with sleep as being as important as any other in your diary.
Melatonin is a hormone found in the body that is also available in synthetic form as a supplement that may help stimulate sleep.
As the Chinese say, if you want to sleep in the same bed you have to be sure you're dreaming the same dreams.
She describes herself as a "sleep evangelist, " has nap rooms in her offices at the AOL headquarters in New York and tries to start every day with meditation.
It said the children - one of whom is disabled - had to sleep in a bed with each grandparent as their council house was not big enough.
The deluge on Monday - which appeared to take the authorities by surprise - saw people sleep in their cars or abandon them as motorways and A roads clogged up.
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