Sleep well to live well is a guide to getting better sleep. In the final chapter, the book refers to links that are for further information. Painstakingly copying links for a page is tedious so we decided to make the links live for those who want to check them.You can choose and clicking onto the title of the article below.

Articles

General

• 5 amazing things your brain does during sleep  Caroline Gregoir Huffington Post
• What happens in the brain during sleep?  Scientific American Mind
• Consequences of insufficient sleep Harvard Medical School
• Common causes of inadequate sleep Sleep Health Foundation

• Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep  National Institute of Neurological disorders and stroke (NIH)
• Sleep and Disease risk Harvard Medical School
• Sleep quality vs quantity National Sleep Foundation
• A gene for less sleep Scientific American Magazine

Polyphasic sleep patterns

• The myth of the eight hour sleep BBC news magasine​

• Humans used to sleep in two shifts and maybe we should start to again   Science Alert

• You can’t ‘catch up’ on sleep. National Sleep Foundation

Napping

• Napping  National Sleep Foundation.
• Napping may not be such a ‘no, no’. Harvard medical  

Brain ‘cleaning’ during sleep 

• Deep Sleep Gives Your Brain a Deep Clean Simon Makin Scientific American Magazine
• Fluid dynamics during sleep  Science Magazine 

• ​Deep sleep drives brain fluid oscillations Science Magazine

Depression, anxiety and suicide

• Correlation between sleep disturbance and suicide   Psychiatric Times
  

• Anxiety and deep sleep Neuroscience news
  
• ​Anxiety and sleep Sleep Health Foundation Australia
  

Dementia

• Sleep deprivation increases Alzheimer’s protein National Institutes of Health (NHI)

• What your sleep habits can reveal about your dementia risk National sleep foundation
• ​Sleep deprivation accelerates Alzheimer's brain damage Science Daily
• Impaired sleep and risk of dementia Mayo Clinic

Work and sleep

• The secret to better work productivity  Forbes
• The science of sleep and productivity  Sam Kemmis
• The Impact of shift work on health  Medical news today
• Fatigue statistics NZ 2017 Ministry of Transport
• How sleep can help you be more productive at work  National Sleep Foundation
• Good Night's sleep helps job performance National Sleep Foundation

• 5 hacks to get better sleep and better performance at work Forbes
• Working on four hours sleep could risk your job. Alex Bartle.

Age related sleep

• Sleeping hours: what is the ideal number and how does age impact this? National Centre for Biotechnology Information 
• Sleep problems in teenagers reversed in just one week by limiting screen use. Medical Express.
• Sleep loss and Osteoporosis  Science Daily

Dreaming

• What does it mean when we dream? Medical news today
• The 10 most common dreams and what they mean The sleep matters club (Bed retailer)
• Dream Dictionary for an interpretation of symbols

Gender and sleep

• Exploring Sex and Gender Differences in Sleep Health: A Society for Women's Health Research Report

• Sleep disorders affect men and women differently. Women are more likely to feel tired and depressed than men. Science Daily

• Women and Sleep. Sleep Foundation  

Alternative approaches

Essential oils

• Do essential oils promote good sleep? National Sleep Foundation

Sleep Apps

• Sleep Trackers. Which information matters most? National Sleep Foundation
• Sleep Apps  Best 10 sleep apps Medical news today
• Sleep Radio (Nobex technologies Free) TV clip about: 

Teas

• Teas that help you sleep Healthline