Are you getting enough shut-eye? More and more people don't
think they are. And depending on what you do for a living, that
could mean anything from lower productivity to putting lives in
danger. Taking a relaxing snooze in the midday sun on your lunch
hour is a good way to catch up on some Z's. That stands in stark
contrast to the alarming places some people are being found
asleep these days. Places like air traffic control towers, TSA
checkpoints, and even allegedly at the wheel of a tour bus, an
accident that resulted in 15 deaths. "I think it's been going on
for a long time and we're recognizing it more and having to deal
with it more because we have more people in 'mission critical'
type of jobs," said Dr. Lawrence Epstein, chief medical officer
for Sleep Health Centers. But it isn't just controllers,
conductors or big-rig truckers running on empty. A recent study
showed 35 percent of those surveyed reported sleeping less than
the recommended eight hours per night. Sleep disorder doctors
are studying the