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Sleepiness Could Be Triggered by a Power Overload in Our Brain

Health 29 July 2025 ByDavid Nield (Maskot/DigitalVision/Getty Images) Denied of sleep, we find it but impossible to keep our eyes open and our thoughts focused. A new study based on fruit flies may have pin-pointed the origins of this biological lullaby, and with it a deeper understanding of our need for rest on a cellular […]

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Verbal response time reveals hidden sleepiness in older adults

by University of California, Los Angeles edited by Robert Egan Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study led by UCLA investigators shows that Verbal Reaction Time (VRT), the amount of time it takes a person to respond verbally, can be a marker of sleepiness in older adults. The study, which measured participants’ voice data through standardized cognitive

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AASM: Excessive Sleepiness a ‘Serious Health Concern

A new position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) highlights sleepiness as a key symptom of sleep-wake disorders and a range of psychiatric and neurologic disorders and calls for clinicians to prioritize evaluation and management of sleepiness in their patients. The AASM released the statement because it wanted to highlight sleepiness as

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