Comments on: The Science Of Sleep

Lesley Stahl Explores The Latest Findings In Sleep Research

[ed748]

Better research the sleep deprivation effects on medical personnel. Typical medical personnel schedules are 12 hours shifts and even 24 hours shifts. Their sleep deprivation can be seen on the lower and/or lesser quality of care to patients. The families of medical personnel suffer the grumpiness and short fuses.

Even bicyclists suffer death due to sleep deprived police officers on patrol.

Do we have to read about the head-on collision of a celebrity or a politician, to wake us up on the detrimental consequences of medical and law enforcement personnel?

Wake up, you legislators. Someone needs to update the law on these unhealthy schedules.

Total Quality Management mandates continuous improvement. When will the medical profession and the law enforcers be proactive instead of being reactive?

Thank you.

[ed748]

Better research the sleep deprivation effects on medical personnel. Typical medical personnel schedules are 12 hours shifts and even 24 hours shifts. Their sleep deprivation can be seen on the lower and/or lesser quality of care to patients. The families of medical personnel suffer the grumpiness and short fuses.

Even bicyclists suffer death due to sleep deprived police officers on patrol.

Do we have to read about the head-on collision of a celebrity or a politician, to wake us up on the detrimental consequences of medical and law enforcement personnel?

Wake up, you legislators. Someone needs to update the law on these unhealthy schedules.

Total Quality Management mandates continuous improvement. When will the medical profession and the law enforcers be proactive instead of being reactive?

Thank you.

[davek455]

zipposjewel - I fell asleep reading your looooooong diatribe. Please write more succinctly......

signed, sleepy in NYC

[ed748]

Better research the sleep deprivation effects on medical personnel. Typical medical personnel schedules are 12 hours shifts and even 24 hours shifts. Their sleep deprivation can be seen on the lower and/or lesser quality of care to patients. The families of medical personnel suffer the grumpiness and short fuses.

Even bicyclists suffer death due to sleep deprived police officers on patrol.

Do we have to read about the head-on collision of a celebrity or a politician, to wake us up on the detrimental consequences of medical and law enforcement personnel?

Wake up, you legislators. Someone needs to update the law on these unhealthy schedules.

Total Quality Management mandates continuous improvement. When will the medical profession and the law enforcers be proactive instead of being reactive?

Thank you.

[Martha Z]

Good information as always from Lesley Stahl.
We all know that sleep is important and there were many points made that surprised me, especially the diabetes connection. I also though it most interesting the statement they made toward the end about senior citizens. This is very important. Maybe seniors should make it a point to find ways to sleep more. Since there is an ever increasing number of retired seniors, this would make a big difference in medicatiob consumption. There would also be less side effects caused by taking some medications.

[pabenco1]

The reason a normal adult on an airplane at 11:00 AM falls asleep is because they probably got up at 4:00 AM to catch a 6:30 flight that was delayed or canceled and didn''t get on the plane till 11:00!

[ed748]

Better research the sleep deprivation effects on medical personnel. Typical medical personnel schedules are 12 hours shifts and even 24 hours shifts. Their sleep deprivation can be seen on the lower and/or lesser quality of care to patients. The families of medical personnel suffer the grumpiness and short fuses.

Even bicyclists suffer death due to sleep deprived police officers on patrol.

Do we have to read about the head-on collision of a celebrity or a politician, to wake us up on the detrimental consequences of medical and law enforcement personnel?

Wake up, you legislators. Someone needs to update the law on these unhealthy schedules.

Total Quality Management mandates continuous improvement. When will the medical profession and the law enforcers be proactive instead of being reactive?

Thank you.

[zipposjewel]

Wake up people!! Sleep deprivation is a MAJOR issue in our society today. our "priorities" are distorted.Work more ,make more $$$, spend more $$, waste more $$. Drive faster, talk faster, run faster.! So where does this all get us??Exausted mentally & physically stressed leading to our own state which is now morally ,financially, emotionally, Bankrupt!! The "American dream " is dying & we''re going too fast to see it or appreciate it, much less take responsibility for it. Slow down(you save gas & energy)! Turn off the lights, save energy $$ AND interestingly all our need to lite up the world messes up our sleep!!! Do the research. We yes WE are hurting ourselves physically ,financially & emotionally. Stop blaming everyone else ie different religions, races, countries etc etc. Eat better, sleep better, act better!!! WE are making ourselves sick.. We need to sleep to wake up!

I take klonopin at the end of the day to help me sleep. As it turns out I am getting a hangover from it and feel exhausted the next day. I guess that is reason enough to get off the *** drug.

[tori868]

I have a teenager and I''m always wondering why they have to be in school before most adult are a work.
When they were showing how the brain lights up the same as a person with mental illness then they haven''t had enough sleep, could this be linked to the rate of suicide amongst teenagers?

[mortok99]

The only reason, Mr. media mogle.. You make me dream.

[mortok99]

You know whats wonderful about knowing one''s conscious? Knowing that allows us to better not to be. And thats the only reason why anybody''d want to know something like that..

[mortok99]

"I''ll love you when I''m sleeping". Say that to yer enemies.. Say that to yer lovers.

[mortok99]

The dualism of consciousness. One side a world of daylight, the other the world of night time. Both separate but related somehow. But both inside life''s container. Something less, in its own unique way, than the way things are.

[mortok99]

if(awake time = 24 hours)
execute all_sense_but_one

[mortok99]

Consciousnesses battery. If I was still a computer programmer, I''d be programming sleep as a new experiment in AI.

[catwalker3]

I found it interesting that this artical regarding the effects of sleep deparvation and the Quaid artical regarding fatal hospital mistakes appeared on the same program. Isn''t it common practice for hospital personel to pull double shifts? It seems to be something like a badge of courage for the medical profession. Some times we need other members of society to tap us on the shoulder and say, "excuse me, but i think you are missing the big picture, your cronic sleep deprivation is placing my loved one who is currently in your hospital in danger of loosing her life, why don''t you consider this a real problem?"

[ccsi2000]

I agree with the previous comment. This show did nothing to help those of us who would LOVE to get 7.5 to 8 hours of sleep, if only we could!

[sevenker]

Compliments to you on such fine investigative reporting on sleep. We''ve seen many reports on science of sleep, but this was exceptional, very well documented, and very interesting. Thank you so much.

[kimyart]

As a single mom from day one of my daughter''s arrival, I can verify your findings. My daughter has never been a big sleeper and because of having to be the only one that answers that cry, I didn''t get to start sleeping through the night until she turned 3 yrs old. This last year, I get to sleep about every third day or so. I''ve gained 20 lbs for the first time in my life, my blood pressure is up and my brain is shot (although I am hoping it''s coming back now that I do get to sleep once in ahile.)I would love to see more on this subject, especially the effect that sleep depriviation has on new mothers, because we are out there driving on the road too.