April 3, 2012 > Chasing Sheep at Night? Chasing Sheep at Night?
Don't Let Sleep Problems Get the Better of You It's easy to
think of sleep as an unproductive time when we're not getting
anything done - and also to play down the negative impact
impaired sleeping habits can have on our daily lives. However,
undiagnosed sleep problems eventually can start to take their
toll on our waking hours, making them hard to ignore. An
estimated 50 to 70 million adults in the United States have
chronic sleep or wakefulness disorders, and the percentage of
adults who report averaging less than seven hours of sleep per
night has increased by about one third since the 1980s,
according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Furthermore, bad sleep can be downright dangerous. In fact,
according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), drowsy driving causes more than 100,000 crashes a year,
resulting in 40,000 injuries and 1,550 deaths. Washington
Township Medical Foundation (WTMF) sleep disorders speci