There are people at either end of the extreme, a and a. People who are natural night owls or what we call an evening chronotype. Older people are more likely to be this morningness chronotype. And sometimes that can become problematic if they're falling asleep at five or six in the eveningan,. you know, waking up at three o'clock in the morning.
Dr. Judith Owens, the Director for the Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders at Boston Children's Hospital, joins Adam this week to discuss sleep deprivation and mortality, the circadian clock of cells, jet lag tips and more. Plus, Judith answers burning sleep questions from the Factually! crew.
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