Why We Can't Sleep

Authors

Gayle Greene, Scripps CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Department

English (Scripps)

Publication Date

Spring 2008

Disciplines

Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists | Medicine and Health

Abstract

Can't sleep? Well you're not alone, especially among women. A 2007 poll by the National Sleep Foundation found that 67 percent of women frequently experience sleep problems and 29 percent use some type of sleep aid at least a few nights a week. Other surveys have consistently found that nearly half again as many women as men complain of insomnia.

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Recommended Citation

Greene, Gayle, "Why We Can't Sleep: It's Not Just in Our Heads, but in Our Hormones," Ms. Magazine (Spring 2008)