Sleep: An Undervalued Privilege in the Contemporary Lifestyle
Keywords:
sleep
Abstract
Sleep is an essential part of our daily routine. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. Quality sleep, which is of appropriate duration and at proper time, is equally fundamental to survival as food and water. Without sleep, our brain cannot form or maintain pathways for learning and creating new memories, and it becomes difficult to concentrate and respond quickly.
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Ann Jinnah Sindh Med Uni 2018; 4(1):1-3
Muhammad Iqbal Afridi
2
2. Lulu Xie, Hongyi Kang1, Qiwu Xu, Michael J. Chen, Yonghong Liao, et al. "Sleep Drives Metabolite Clearance from the Adult Brain". Science; 2013. 342 (6156): 373-377 3. Colten HR, Altevogt BM, editors. Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation: An Unmet Public Health Problem. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2006. 3 4. Zepelin H, Siegel JM, Tobler I. Mammalian sleep. In: Kryger MH, Roth T, Dement WC, editors. Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier/Saunders; 2005. pp. 91-100 5. Carskadon M, Dement W. Normal human sleep: An overview. In: Kryger MH, Roth T, Dement WC, editors. Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2005. pp. 13-23
6. Hirshkowitz, Max, Whiton, Kaitlyn et al. (14 January 2015). "National Sleep Foundation's sleep time duration recommendations: methodology and results summary". Sleep Health. Elsevier Inc. 1 (1): 40-43 7. Ram D, Afridi MI, Laal C, Khan MAW, Toufiq F, Genani VK. Frequency of Insomnia Amongst Medical Students and its Correlation with Demographic Variables. J Pak Psych Soc 2017; 14(2):26-29 8. Azad MC, Fraser K, Rumana N, Abdullah AF, Shahana N, Hanly PJ, et all. Sleep Disturbances among Medical Students: A Global Perspective. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2015; 11(1):69-74
Published
2019-03-20
How to Cite
Afridi, M. (2019). Sleep: An Undervalued Privilege in the Contemporary Lifestyle. Annals of Jinnah Sindh Medical University, 4(1), 1-3. Retrieved from http://ajsmu.com/index.php/AJSMU/article/view/48
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Editorial
