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SLEEPING DISORDERS

Tired brains in need of a good night’s sleep

Do students need naps or will a good night’s sleep do the trick?

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
Who has an alarm clock these days?
SARAH WILD

Night of the phone-loving zZzombies

The latest science shows that your phone might be stopping you from getting enough sleep, raising the risk of accidents, heart ailments and diabetes.

  • Sarah Wild
4 min read
On most smartphones batteries last little more than half a day. But there’s a simple secret to the real battery hog and how to double that life.
ABSENTEEISM

Work absenteeism costs SA economy R16bn a year

An estimated average of 15% of staff are absent on any given day – and only one in three people who do not go to work are actually physically ill.

  • Ina Skosana
  • Bhekisisa Team
2 min read
SLEEPING DISORDERS

Science of sleep: Getting ZZZs isn’t as easy as ABC

For decades, scientists have been trying to figure out how we sleep. They have their theories, but the bottom line is that you need eight hours a day.

  • Martinique Stilwell
12 min read
How much sleep people need differs widely and the eight hours mantra is a myth.
BHEKISISA TEAM

Pill-popping insomniacs need an urgent wake-up call

One in 10 Britons regularly take a drug to help them to sleep. But is it time to stop popping zopiclone, temazepam and other tablets?

  • Laura Barton
12 min read