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Good night? Good luck.

March 9, 2009 by Judy Foreman

As the economy sinks, insomnia increases and America searches for a good night’s sleep

Chris Dalto is an affable fellow, a happily married father of two and a lawyer-turned-financial planner. Normally, he sleeps like a baby.

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Sleep and Memory – Are they Intertwined?

January 28, 2003 by Judy Foreman

In July, researchers led by Robert Stickgold, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, reported that a full eight hours’ sleep after learning a motor task boosts performance by 20 percent the next day.

Even a one-hour nap can improve scores on a simple visual task, others reported in May.

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New Drug for Narcolepsy

April 9, 2002 by Judy Foreman

Mary Rourke, a 55-year old teacher from Salem, N.H., used to nod off all the time as a child, but people just shrugged and said, “Oh, she must be very tired,” she recalls.

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So, you’re stuck in sleep-loss hell

July 14, 1997 by Judy Foreman

Doctors say it may not ruin your life but it can make your life miserable,

For years now, Allan Rechtschaffen, a psychology professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, has been watching what happens when he totally deprives rats of sleep.

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