Scoop’s Views

In moving the clocks ahead one hour, we are effectively losing an hour of sleep. Without proper preparation for the time change, people end up sleepy. In honor of sleepy people, as well as a tribute to our men and women in uniform, here’s a great video.

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Dr. Alex Karev, of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy TV show, is seeking help from real doctors in real life, according to his publicist.

It seems Justin Chambers, the actor who plays Dr. Alex Karev, has checked himself into the UCLA Medical Center “to get help with a pre-existed sleeping disorder,” according to his publicist, Danica Smith.

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Thanksgiving is over, and hopefully you walked away from the table last evening with a full belly. In my home, I know my family and extended family did, but even my dog ate better than some people did last night, or, for that matter, any night of the year. That alone was plenty for us to be thankful for, but there were many other things on our list, just to be clear.

Today, though, while clicking through various emails that have been received over the past few days, as well as the blog posts displaying in RSS that I am catching up on today, I found an interesting Black Friday Tech Freebie, one more thing that can help some have even more reason to be thankful for this weekend.

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Thanksgiving is over, and hopefully you walked away from the table last evening with a full belly. In my home, I know my family and extended family did, but even my dog ate better than some people did last night, or, for that matter, any night of the year. That alone was plenty for us to be thankful for, but there were many other things on our list, just to be clear.

Today, though, while clicking through various emails that have been received over the past few days, as well as the blog posts displaying in RSS that I am catching up on today, I found an interesting Black Friday Tech Freebie, one more thing that can help some have even more reason to be thankful for this weekend.

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I stumbled across a video a few minutes ago that I thought was an ad by Respironics. It’s a hilarious look at sleep, sleep deprivation in the American society, along with a variety of other sleep-related issues, including, for some, sexual dysfunction, and others.

Yes, it seems the human body has some kind of misfiring in black women, as compared to a group of white women, when it comes to obstructive sleep apnea, a potentially life-threatening disorder.

If you visit http://sleep.health.am, be sure to not click the email this to a friend button provided on the site. If you do, you will be told you are a spammer and that you ought to f**k off.

When it comes to being accurate, Nancy Grace evidently believes her demands she knows all, and when she speaks, her guests must immediately be silent on the topic. Fortunately, I am not one of her guests. As someone who spent over two decades in newsrooms as a journalist and editor, I freely bash media outlets when they get it wrong. Guess what? My proverbial bat is swinging at Nancy Grace.

Make a tax-deductible donation to help fund a relief program that assists people with sleep apnea get CPAP and BiPAP machines, as well as other equipment to treat their sleep apnea.

Do you tire, like me, of listening to “recording artists” and record companies and the Recording Industry Association of America (the loudest crybaby of all) whine about declining music sales? Are you tired of hearing that all of it is tied to “online music piracy” almost every time you turn on the TV news?

ResMed, one of the leading manufacturers of equipment used to treat sleep apnea, has issued a worldwide recall for more than one-quarter of a million CPAP machines due to a potential risk with the power supply connector.

Sixty percent of American women say they get a good night’s sleep only a few nights per week or less, and 67 percent say they frequently experience a sleep problem. Additionally, 43 percent say that daytime sleepiness interferes with their daily activities, according to a new poll released today by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). Women’s lack of sleep affects virtually every aspect of their time-pressed lives, leaving them late for work, stressed out, too tired for sex and little time for their friends.