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1 billion people are suffering from the most dangerous sleep disorder: Sleep Apnea.
What is Sleep Apnea? Sleep Apnea is when you stop breathing during sleep and your brain wakes you up to protect yourself. Sometimes, these temporary breathing lapses can happen hundreds of times throughout the night and you don’t know about it. The airflow can be blocked by the relaxation of the soft tissue in the back of the throat (Obstructive Sleep Apnea) or by irregularities in the brain signals to… Read More »1 billion people are suffering from the most dangerous sleep disorder: Sleep Apnea.
Performance and chronotype
How can you structure your day according to your chronotype to improve your performance? The first step is to make sure you know which type you are. Then, as you start noticing which hours you’re at your prime, adjust your most important tasks and decisions to these hours. Check our last post about chronotype here If you’re an Evening Person, try to schedule your big meetings until after noon.… Read More »Performance and chronotype
About Chronotypes
While it’s not news to the scientific community that many animals – including human beings – have an internal, genetic circadian rhythm, mainstream society has not yet become fully aware of the variation in human circadian rhythm and just how important it really is. In 1935, two German zoologists, Hans Kalmus and Erwin Bünning, discovered circadian rhythms in fruit flies. The International Committee on Nomenclature of the International Society for… Read More »About Chronotypes
Welcome to Engineering Sleep blog.
Hello and welcome. I wanted to start the story of this blog with a personal one. When I was 18 years old, living in France, I was on my way to play professional Rugby. High-level sports was my priority and its training involved was my everyday focus until one day. I was badly injured — as it happens many times with players of this game. — This sudden stop in… Read More »Welcome to Engineering Sleep blog.
