Lesedauer 5 MinutenWhat are credible sources? Anyone who works with science is used to citing sources. They are mandatory when it comes to writing serious articles, because anyone can make claims. Of course, this also applies to me and my topics of sleep and chronobiology. However, especially in recent years, when terms…
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The sun must go …
Lesedauer 10 MinutenThe sun must go … Do you know solar geoengineering? You’ll find out what this has to do with chronobiology in a moment. But first, back to nature. Our natural world is a complex system that has been perfectly coordinated over millions of years, but is often simple in its…
Continue ReadingNoMedication Health Span – redefining health
Lesedauer 27 MinutenNoMedication Health Span – redefining health LifeSpan, HealthSpan and NoMedication HealthSpan – Health does not manifest itself in years of life, but in healthy years of life. What constitutes healthy life years depends on how we define “health”. The WHO definition defines “well-being” as the basis for health. However, this…
Continue ReadingSleep and society – a fatal paradox?
Lesedauer 3 MinutenThe Resmed’s 2025 Global Sleep Survey is out and has drawn a remarkable conclusion. “t’s a paradox of modern life—sleep quality is falling short even as its value is being increasingly acknowledged.” This sentence in Resmed’s 2025 Global Sleep Survey was the one that concerned me personally the most. Although…
Continue ReadingMAHA – Make America Healthy Again
Lesedauer 8 MinutenMAHA – Make America Healthy Again Health should actually be a central issue in any policy, because the economy, politics etc. are of no use to us if the people are ill. John F. Kennedy emphasized in a speech to the Council on Physical Fitness on July 20, 1961: “The…
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