The Risks Of Poor Sleep
Why insufficient sleep is doing more than making you feel tired.
In 1946, Randy Gardner was part of a Standford University study to assess how long a human could go without sleep and if there were any ill effects.
After 11 days and 25 minutes, he finally fell asleep.
Waking after a 14-hour nap, he claimed that staying awake for so long had no adverse effects. The researchers noting that he had suffered from short-ter…
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