“We survived it too” – Why survivorship bias is making our children ill It’s one of those phrases that everyone has probably heard before: “We survived it too.” Whether it’s about getting up early, tough exams or the legendary “school of life” – this phrase is used as a kind…
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What 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 … Our natural world is a complex system that has been perfectly coordinated over millions of years, but is often simple in its basic structure. At its core, everything revolves around the sun, and not just in the literal sense, at least in our solar system.…
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NoMedication Health Span – redefining health This discussion also appeared in issue 3/2025 of the magazine“Welt der Gesundheitversorgung“. 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”.…
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The 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…
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