Do you hear that buzzing? No, it is not tinnitus. It is the alarm clock attempting to rouse you out of bed. Hopefully, you woke up having had a good night of sleep.
Curious about how sleep works? If so, you may want to check out the National Institute of Health’s health topic by the same name, How Sleep Works. It provides information regarding the sleep process, some issues that can impact sleep, the effects that sleep, or lack, thereof, can have on one’s heath, and the research that NIH is currently doing on this topic.
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