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1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 min. 23 sec.) ; 317405444 bytes |
| Summary |
The American Sleep Foundation reports that sleep deprivation, not cancer or coronary illness, now constitutes the number one killer in the Western World. It is estimated that 1/3 of the population suffer from insomnia during their lives while another 1/3 are dangerously sleep deprived. Experts claim that unless we radically shift our attitudes towards sleep we are heading towards a medical meltdown. In Dead Tired, new medical studies will reveal what many scientists have long believed - that sleep deprivation can trigger and exacerbate many diseases including heart disease, obesity, diabetes and even depression. Tonight's episode investigates how sleep deprivation causes sickness and death. (Commissioned by SBS, in English) (Documentary Series) (Final) PG CC WS |
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Broadcast 2010-02-11 at 13:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Hypnotics.
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Insomnia -- Age factors.
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Insomnia -- Psychological aspects.
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Sleep deprivation.
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Sleep -- Physiological aspects.
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Streaming video
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Bourque, Calvin, contributor
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Czeisler, Charles, contributor
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Dawson, Todd, contributor
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Dopp, Richard, contributor
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Grunstein, Ron, contributor
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Lack, Leon, contributor
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Lotter, Gill, contributor
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Lotter, Neil, contributor
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Scott, Paul, director
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Swifte, Yasmin, contributor
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Voelkel, Tom, contributor
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Vuletic, Jennifer, cast
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Wilson, Janine, contributor
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