normal sleep

Sleep medicine A quality and length of sleep that is normal for a particular person Divisions 2–5% stage 1, 45–55% stage 2, 13–23% stage 3–short-wave, 20–25% REM sleep. See REM sleep, Sleep apnea.

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The participants were asked to follow normal sleep schedules and maintain sleep diaries, use at-home sleep monitors so as to allow the researchers to track their sleep.

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He details the Western medicine physiology of sleep, normal sleep, and sleep disorders; the significance of sleep in Chinese medicine; diagnosing and treating insomnia with acupuncture; the patterns and treatment of other pathologies, such as sleep apnea, nightmares, and circadian rhythm desynchronization; the significance of dreams in Chinese medicine; and clinical studies on acupuncture and insomnia and other disorders.

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If you'regoing by car, try to coincide car journeys with their normal sleep time.

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ANYTOL, like most sleeping aids, affects the normal sleep pattern, preventing you from going into dream sleep (REM sleep).

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