Can You Really ‘Catch Up’ on Sleep?
It’s tempting, but does it actually work? BY MACAELA MACKENZIE | October 27, 2015 Tell us if this sounds familiar: You sacrifice sleep all week long to juggle work, workouts, and—oh, yeah—a social life, telling yourself that you’ll “catch up” on sleep over the weekend. Welcome to the club. Sadly, your foolproof planning for making up those Zzz’s isn’t really legit, say experts—and by trying to do so, you might actually be doing more damage to your body. “Trying to make up all the hours actually distorts your body clock,” says Janet Kennedy, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist who specializes in treating …
For older drivers, sleep meds are linked with car accidents.
Life | Fri Jan 15, 2016 2:44pm EST | BY KATHRYN DOYLE Drivers over age 80 or women over age 70 who take the prescription sleeping pill Ambien tend to have more motor vehicle collisions, according to a new study. Studies in younger drivers have also shown a link between Ambien, known generically as zolpidem, and motor vehicle collisions, said lead author John N. Booth III, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The new data, however, extend the findings to show that “older adults, specifically women older than 80 years, have significantly higher odds of motor vehicle …
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