National Sleep Foundation

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many people have fought the urge to fall asleep during a boring meeting or the mid-afternoon slump but the problem seems to be more prevalent among airline pilots and train operators.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many people have fought the urge to fall asleep during a boring meeting or the mid-afternoon slump but the problem seems to be more prevalent among airline pilots and train operators.

Travel Postcard: 48 Hours in Singapore

Travel Postcard: 48 Hours in Singapore

Travel Postcard: 48 Hours in Singapore

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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Sleep deprivation makes the day drag and appears to put a drag on metabolism too, causing the body to use less energy, according to a European study.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sleep deprivation makes the day drag and appears to put a drag on metabolism, causing the body to use less energy, European researchers found in a small study.

A study released on Monday indicated that people in the United States are losing sleep over their gadgets.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dependence on televisions, cellphones and laptops may be costing Americans dearly -- in lack of sleep.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dependence on televisions, cellphones and laptops may be costing Americans dearly -- in lack of sleep.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Sleepless and sedentary? Instead of counting sheep in a field, try running through a meadow.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Children aged four and under who get less than 10 hours of sleep a night are nearly twice as likely to be overweight or obese five years later, according to a U.S. study.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than whites and Asians to lose sleep over job and money worries, a sleep survey released on Monday found.

Most African-Americans like to pray just before they do it, white Americans like to do it with their pets, Asians tend to do it best and Hispanics fret about work just beforehand.

But one expert questions study results. For obese men, a dramatic weight loss can be an effective way to improve moderate to severe sleep apnea, scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report. Those with severe sleep apnea when the study began benefited most from weight loss.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly 70 percent of adults in the U.S. report having at least one day of insufficient rest or sleep per month, suggests a new survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

States of sleeplessness: West Virginia leads nation in lack of shut-eye, CDC says. Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness. West Virginians' lack of sleep was about double the national rate, perhaps a side effect of health problems such as obesity, experts said.

Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness.

Mining injuries more frequent, severe after lost hour. Every March, most Americans welcome the switch to daylight saving time because of the longer days, but also dread losing an hour of sleep after they move their clocks forward.