Safe to Drive? The FDA has recently requested sleeping pill manufacturers conduct more “morning after” driving tests. Getting sleep is important, but remaining sleepy while operating a vehicle is another story. They should have spoken to the police in New Zealand. Recently police in Hamilton received an odd call. A woman called about her friend. […]
“Awake” – In dreams begin realities (3/2/12)
La Vida Es Sueno Is life a dream? Or do realities begin in dreams? “Awake,” NBC’s new drama, premiered on March 1st, 2012. One night police detective Michael Britten, played by Jason Isaacs, survives a horrific car wreck—but not his family. He becomes conscious and finds he’s living two distinct realities. In one his son […]
Do sleeping pills work by making us forget? (7/6/11)
How Do Sleeping Pills Work? Insomnia provokes many controversies. One of the more heated at the recent Sleep Research Meeting in Minneapolis was about why sleeping pills work – do they induce sleep? Or do they just make people forget they were awake during the night? Lots of people, including Mike Perlis, now at the […]
