Sleep deprivation is emerging as a serious public safety threat on Philippine roads. Medical experts warn that drowsy driving ...
Doctors warn that microsleep, an involuntary brain shutdown lasting seconds can lead to dangerous situations like car crashes. Understand the risks, causes, and prevention of this alarming phenomenon.
(BPT) – Drowsy driving is risky and dangerously common. Many drivers are either unaware or don’t prioritize getting enough sleep as an important part of safe driving. Even though drowsy driving is ...
In the early hours of the morning, the world seems peaceful, and the roads less traveled. It is during these quiet moments that many individuals find themselves behind the wheel, heading to work or ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Sleep first. Drive alert. Sunday, Nov. 6 through Sunday, Nov. 13, is Drowsy Driving Prevention Week. According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), you are at a greater risk ...
Human beings have evolved to be only mediocre at the popular nighttime activity of sleeping. And driving is even more difficult. In fact, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, ...
Last January 2024, my phone buzzed with a photo I did not expect—and one I will never forget. It showed a red pickup truck crumpled along the roadside. The front end was crushed. Metal twisted inward.
When school let out on June 1, 2015, 16-year-old George Sinclair was ready for a nap. A student at San Diego’s St. Augustine High School, he was exhausted after having stayed up most of the previous ...
Up to half of older adults may have sleep apnea, a condition in which breathing and sleep are briefly interrupted many times a night. A new study shows that this chronic tiredness can have serious ...
More than two dozen current or former Ambien users from West Michigan reacted to a 13 Watchdog investigation that found a woman attempting to use a sleep driving defense to explain her erratic driving ...