Driver Fatigue: The Dangers of Driving Sleepy

Driver Fatigue: The Dangers of Driving Sleepy
Driver fatigue and driving sleepy or drowsy can cause car accidents and crashes. Keep reading to learn about driver fatigue as well as truck driver fatigue.

Sleep Disorders and Depression
Sleep disorders can often lead to depression and anxiety. Learn how sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, can lead to depression.

Medications that Interfere with Sleep
Medicines like antidepressants, antihistamines, decongestants, sleeping pills and other drugs can cause insomnia. Keep reding to learn how medications can interfere with sleep.

Memory, Brain Function, and REM Sleep: Are They Related?
In my last blog we discussed at length the different stages of sleep, namely non-REM and REM, the biological need for sleep to stay alive, and started discussing what some researchers believe may be the function of some portions of non-REM sleep.  We reviewed how there is some evidence linking declarative memory (memory of facts and figures) to slow wave sleep and procedural memory (the ability to perform tasks like riding a bike or playing...

Arousal Sleep Disorders
Discusses somnambulism (sleepwalking), night eating syndrome and other arousal disorders. Learn how stress, dreams and violence can relate to sleepwalkers.