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One in Ten Americans Are Chronically Sleep Deprived
WirePosted writes "A CDC research study released this past week indicates that the physical and mental health of many Americans is being adversely affected by a lack of sleep. According to the study, a part of the organization's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, one in ten US citizens are consistently failing to get enough sleep every night. Almost 40% of the people surveyed didn't get enough sleep for more than a week every month. The article notes that this trend can have far-ranging implications for health beyond simple fatigue."
"I also have to wonder about brain damage as another side effect."
Killing other people definitely damages a person mentally, and is definitely likely to cause the person to have trouble sleeping.
I've never known anyone who slept only 7 hours a day who seemed as alert and calm as people who sleep 9 hours a day. I think the problem is worse than they say.
Why did Slashdot editor Zonk link to that story about the CDC? I found this in about a minute: National Sleep Awareness Week, March 3--9, 2008. Quote from the CDC: "The National Sleep Foundation recommends that healthy adults sleep 7--9 hours daily."
Do Slashdot editors lose any sleep over poorly written, edited, and considered stories?
The story linked by Slashdot is from an automatic news release publisher in Australia. At the bottom of every page it says "powered by computer". Why not link to the source? Why link to a company that says, "Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now When you subscribe get a 12 months license for LiveProject Valued at $99 USD"?
See the links to the left and right of this story: Sleep and Sleep Disorders: A Public Health Challenge.
Do people in the U.S. lose sleep over the fact that they are forced to pay to kill Iraqis? Will people in the U.S. lose sleep when they realize that the huge rise in prices, which has already started, is mostly timed for the end of Dick Cheney's and George W. Bush's terms in office? Whether or not they lose sleep, killing Iraqis definitely lowers the quality of life in the United States.
Well, the first solution would be not to screw up your life by having kids... obviously. But the second solution would be to do like most families did when I was a kid (though not mine) and put the kids to bed by about 8pm.
Also, I don't know what Death Note is, but your kids are going to be fine regardless of what they watch. I watched Nightmare on Elmstreet and Poltergeist at four years old and I haven't killed anyone.