Stories
- Article
The cures and demons of sleep paralysis
Discover the murky past of sleep paralysis, the terrifying disorder once associated with demonic possession
- Book extract
Winter blues and the story of SAD
In ‘Chasing the Sun‘ Linda Geddes reveals why for some people, winter is literally depressing, showing how we first came to recognise seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
- Long read
Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
- Article
Electrical epilepsy and the EEG Test
The EEG (electroencephalograph) literally electrified the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. But for Aparna Nair the dreaded EEG tests of her adolescence were a painful ordeal.
Catalogue
- Books
Sleep : the restorer / Life Conservation Services of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Date: 1938- Books
Sleeping problems : a self help guide / by Lesley Maunder and Lorna Cameron.
Maunder, Lesley.Date: 2010- Books
How to... cope with sleep problems / by Janet Gorman and revised by Katherine Darton.
Gorman, Janet.Date: 2005- Books
Get a better night's sleep / Ian Oswald and Kirstine Adam.
Oswald, Ian.Date: 1983- Books
Sleeping poorly? : advice to promote healthy sleep.
Date: 2010