Posts Tagged ‘REM sleep’
What are the stages of sleep and why are they important?
Each night, when you sleep, you actually pass through five stages of sleep. Find out what they are, and why they’re important. Sleep is a complicated state. Once upon a time, it was believed that when people fell asleep their brains and bodies would ‘shut down’, allowing them to recover from their daily activities.…
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We all know sleep is vital and that the number of hours we get each night plays an essential role in our health and wellbeing. But, while it’s common knowledge that children and adults require different amounts of sleep, there’s often confusion over whether adults of different ages also have varying needs. In particular, the…
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