Sitting in the hot tub this afternoon, trying to catch up on my neurology reading. I learned that:
1. People with lots of stress tend to have problems sleeping (paper presented at the 23rd annual meeting of Associated Professional Sleep Societies, source- Neurology Reviews, September, 2009, page 15).
2. Pilots who fly routes of more than 16 hours in length who take naps during the flights (these flights are mandated to carry 4 pilots) have a lower incidence of fatigue than pilots who don't take naps during similarly long flights (paper presented at the 23rd annual meeting of Associated Professional Sleep Societies, source- Neurology Reviews, August, 2009, page 5).
Since both of these papers were presented at the same meeting, I have to wonder if the audience slept through the results. And it was held in Seattle, the coffee capital of North America, too.
More DUH science. Thanks for the update. This weekend, I almost started thinking research might be relevant.
ReplyDeleteThey should be nominated for the Ig Nobel
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Seriously? They needed papers and study to know that. Sheesh.
ReplyDeleteDarn it - K beat me with the Ig Noble comment :)
ReplyDeleteI'm still waiting for some research to come up with a pill to replace sleep. It doesn't look like it's in the works any time soon; they keep on harping on that old chestnut that people that are stressed or fatigued actually require real 'sleep'.
ReplyDeleteThey keep doing research on the obvious while poor people go without basic health care in the world...just silly.
ReplyDeleteAnd think about this: they probably got huge amounts of grant money to do these worthless studies. Meanwhile people are losing their jobs and houses... Surely there are more important studies on which to spend money.
ReplyDelete...which is precisely why I read your blog -- to get all this insider info on the latest neurology research. ;)
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