[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Go 40 Hours Without Sleep

[Jason Youngquist <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Well, we talked about sleep in the past, so I thought this article might
be interesting.  Especially to Michael :)


The Great Awakening
With a Pill Called Modafinil, You Can Go 40 Hours Without Sleep -- and See
Into the Future

<snip>
This may be the calm before the storm, however. For modafinil may have the
power to change Washington.

What it does is shut off your urge to sleep.

"It's a standing joke among sleep doctors that nobody sleeps in New York
or Washington," says Helene Emsellem, director of the Center for Sleep and
Wake Disorders in Chevy Chase. "Except in New York they do it for
pleasure, while in Washington they do it to work."

In trials on healthy people like Army helicopter pilots, modafinil has
allowed humans to stay up safely for almost two days while remaining
practically as focused, alert, and capable of dealing with complex
problems as the well-rested. Then, after a good eight hours' sleep, they
can get up and do it again -- for another 40 hours, before finally
catching up on their sleep.
</snip>

Full article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A61282-2002Jun16&notFound=true


Jason Youngquist
EMAIL:PROTECTED


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