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How Important is Sleep?

As more and more is discovered about sleep, scientists are realizing the importance of sleep on our overall mental and physical health. Unbelievably, we spend one-third of our life sleeping or approximately...

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List and describe the stages of sleep.

The first stage of sleep has a brainwave frequency of 4 - 8 Hz and is the transitional state between being awake and falling asleep. It consists mainly of high amplitude, but low frequency, theta waves. ...

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10 Things You Need To Know About Sleep

The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late - Charles...

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What is a morning erection?

What is a morning erection or morning glory? What are the causes and is it bad or good?

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How Much Sleep Do I Need

Answers the question of how much sleep do I need per night. The standard answer of 8-9 hours does not apply to everybody. It depends on your situation, your stage of growth and other factors that will determine your optimal range of sleep for you needs.

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Dreams and sleep

“To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come” To be, or not to be (from Hamlet) William Shakespeare What are Dreams? What are dreams? ...

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Sleep Aids Provide Relief For Those With Insomnia (Pt. 1 of 2)

Insomnia is a frustrating problem that can be brought on byseveral factors such as stress, some medications, illnessand other factors. Fortunately, there are several thingsthat you can do about those sleepless...

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When I Dream...

I pay attention to my dreams. For me, I believe my dreams process my fears, help me with struggles, and are sometimes spiritual in nature or even prophetic. I'm no expert, but can only write about this based on my own experiences and observations.

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