As always, here are our favorite sleep related links of the week:

Research performed at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience in Amsterdam has shown that sleep therapy helps to restore brain function in insomnia patients.
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You already know that is extremely dangerous and unwise to drive in hazardous conditions or to drive drunk, however, did you also know that is just as risky to drive while sleep-deprived?  The 2008 Sleep in America Poll found that sixty-four percent of drivers who work thirty hours per week or more have driven a vehicle while feeling drowsy in the past year, and thirty-six percent have actually fallen asleep at the wheel.  Clearly sleep problems are taking their toll on America’s safety as well as health.
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