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Roughly thirty percent of the population is estimated to be living with insomnia, while many more unknowingly suffer from other sleep disorders. Macedo learned the hard way how valuable sleep is, and how it affects everything from our heart to our brain to our immune system. She had tried sleep tip after sleep tip, but nothing worked. Attacking the problem as a journalist, she got to the bottom of what really keeps us from sleeping-- and the various...
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2017.
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"The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert--Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab--reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how we can harness its transformative power to change our lives for the better. Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep,...
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2022.
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"In The Sleep-Deprived Teen, parenting journalist Lisa L. Lewis provides parents with the roadmap for more (and better) sleep for their teens--and perhaps even for themselves. Pick up this actionable guide for parents of exhausted teens. Teenagers are tired, strapped for time, and often asked to wake up far earlier than they should due to school start times. In The Sleep-Deprived Teen, Lisa L. Lewis, who helped spark the first law in the nation requiring...
5) Por fin duermo: duerme, descansa y vive : el método que cambiará tu sueñ̃o tu descanso y tu vida
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Pub. Date
2022
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223 pages ; 23 cm
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Si existe una conducta que todos realizamos es dormir. Todos dormimos, mejor o peor, m̀s o menos horas, porque el suęo es necesario para la vida. No obstante, parece que dormir bien ya no es lo natural para las personas. Datos de la Organizaci̤n Mundial de la Salud estiman que la mitad la poblaci̤n mundial duerme mal y se prev̌ que esta cifra vaya en aumento si no se modifican los h̀bitos y el estilo de vida que llevamos actualmente en las...
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"The world's #1 parenting expert debunks common myths about sleep, redefines our understanding of a child's sleep needs and presents an abundance of foolproof advice for parents that will help them get their child to sleep soundly through the night." - Publishers description.
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[2022]
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xxvii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
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"From renowned sleep scientist Dr. Aric Prather, a book that offers a simple yet powerful plan to improve your sleep in seven days We need to sleep to survive. If we stopped sleeping, we would die. Sure, it would take a while, but sleep is as essential as food, water, and oxygen. Eventually, without it, our bodies begin to shut down. So why on earth can something that should be so natural, instinctual, and automatic be so hard? Dr. Aric Prather studies...
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2017.
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Draws on cutting-edge sleep science and time-tested techniques in a guide to understanding what contributes to sleep problems and how to minimize medication dependency, sharing coverage of subjects ranging from insomnia and sleep apnea to restless leg syndrome and circadian sleep disorders.
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2018.
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304 pages ; 23 cm
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Sleep is vital to the way we learn, remember and forget, to how we feel about family and partners, our wellbeing, and our mental and physical health. It is essential for life itself. In Nodding Off, renowned sleep researcher Alice Gregory explores every aspect of sleep, from the different stages of sleep and how our sleeping patterns change throughout our lives, to what happens when things go wrong and getting some shut-eye becomes more of a trial...
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2010
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xviii, 420 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Provides advice for helping infants and young children sleep, including getting a baby to sleep through the night, weaning a child from the family bed, dealing with sleepwalking and nightmares, and teaching children how to get themselves to sleep.
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Does your child:
-- Refuse to cooperate in the morning?
-- Get into trouble for not listening?
-- 'Lose it' over seemingly insignificant issues?
-- Seem to resist sleep?
An estimated 69 percent of American infants, children, and teens are sleep deprived. Studies have shown that sleep deficits can contribute to hyperactivity, distraction, forgetfulness, learning problems, illness, accidents, and disruptive behaviors. Often what our misbehaving...
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2019.
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xii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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"Become Your Child's Sleep Coach meets that need by giving you a simple plan to coach your children to be wonderful sleepers, as well as methods to deal with bed wetting, sleep walking, night terrors, and other sleep issues. The five-step plan shows you how to: prepare your child's bedroom for great sleep; use the 5B Bedtime Routine every night; teach your child to self-comfort as you work your way out of the room; limit 'callbacks and curtain calls';...
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[2019]
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214 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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When Dr. Craig Canapari became a father, he realized that his years of 36-hour hospital shifts didn't prepare him for the sleep deprivation of parenthood. Canapari distills clinical research and experience to make sleep training simple and stress-free for busy parents.
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