Subscribe to our newsletter. The National Sleep Foundation continues its campaign against sleep deprivation. This new campaign warns about the dangers of sleep deprivation and encourages treatment for sleep problems. The results of the Foundation's recent poll indicate that most American adults don't get the recommended eight hours of sleep and many of these people suffer from excessive daytime sleepiness.
Sleep deprivation has many causes.
Life style, is, of course, one of these causes. An old adage warns that you cannot burn the candle at both ends. Yet many people still insist on trying. Shift work is a real danger when it comes to sleep deprivation, especially if it's the graveyard shift, or a swing shift that moves from week to week through morning, afternoon and graveyard shifts. This can really screw up a person's circadian rhythm.