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Simple to understand, difficult to implement.

Lack of sleep is dangerous.

This is how much you should be getting across age groups.

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The study of science must be wedded to knowledge of the great personalities that have advanced its cause.

Sleep medicine is incomplete without knowing its father --> Dr William C. Dement

Here is his obituary.

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
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Congratulations to the #YalePCCSM physicians who were honored in @connecticutmag 2020 Top Docs Issue! #YaleMed #YNHH bit.ly/3eQOj9Q
Richard A. Matthay, MD #CriticalCare #PulmonaryMedicine Image
Carolyn L. Rochester, MD, FCCP #CriticalCare #PulmonaryMedicine Image
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Sleep is a major pillar to a healthy life. It's something we all do on a daily basis and can't function without. It has a wide-range of physiological functions, be it consolidation of memory or cell repair. But how exactly does it affect the immune system?
On viral exposure, APCs take up viral particles and present the antigens on their surface. T-helper cells (Th1) bind to these antigens and in turn stimulate:
1)T-killer cells (CD8+) which directly kill infected cells
2)B cells which produce antibodies

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
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