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MICHAEL FINKEL

National Geographic Magazine, August 2018

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Our Mind's Amazing Journey While We Sleep

Posted by MICHAEL FINKEL on Aug 28, 2018 11:40:02 AM

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

Your Body's Asleep; but Your Mind is Wide Awake

Posted by MICHAEL FINKEL on Aug 27, 2018 10:11:00 AM

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

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