MICHAEL FINKEL
National Geographic Magazine, August 2018
Wile, the seven-year-old son of photographer Magnus Wennman, watches cartoons on his iPad— a modern bedtime ritual for some. The stimulation may drive off sleep, but so does the backlit screen: Light at night inhibits the production of melatonin, the hormone that helps regulate our daily biological rhythms.
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Topics:
sleep deprivation,
circadian rhythm,
losing sleep,
wellness
Joe Diemand, 76, has spent the past 20 years as a truck driver, sometimes driving all night. Such work, he says, leaves you “so tired that you can’t sleep.” The World Health Organization has described night shift work as “probably carcinogenic to humans.
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Topics:
sleep deprivation,
circadian rhythm,
losing sleep,
wellness
