New Trends in Sleep Research Fueling Public Health Epidemic

More than one in three U.S. adults are sleep deprived, according to recent studies. The problem of insufficient sleep has become a huge concern, and the CDC has described it as a public health epidemic. Not getting enough sleep is dangerous for health and can impact everyday life and activities. A lack of sleep can lead to other sleep problems like insomnia and sleep apnea and cause major disasters, which claim and destroy many lives. Forbes offers some current trends affecting sleep health through an aging lens here.