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BIRTH TRAUMA

BIRTH TRAUMA

I know that the conventional  wisdom of the obstetricians is  that the fetus is like a gumby and they just bounce back. This is a convenient way to absolve themselves of any blame after a difficult delivery.  First let me say it depends on many factors-in cranial...

New York Times: Goodnight. Sleep Clean.

New York Times: Goodnight. Sleep Clean.

image credit: Eiko Ojala SLEEP seems like a perfectly fine waste of time. Why would our bodies evolve to spend close to one-third of our lives completely out of it, when we could instead be doing something useful or exciting? Something that would, as an added bonus,...

The Guardian: Why Do We Sleep?

The Guardian: Why Do We Sleep?

Why do we sleep? To clean our brains, say US scientists Cerebral spinal fluid found to pump around the brain of sleeping mice, flushing out waste products like a biological dishwasher Click here to read the article: The Guardian