Research conducted over the past fifty years has confirmed the role of sleep as a restorative and regulatory process. During sleep, the immune system is strengthened, the skin...

No sandwiches for lunch while skiing, and the chance to sleep in the morning after an exhausting day during a summer camp: in Lyon, a nonprofit organization is putting prevention on the...

In September 2000, the Isère General Council conducted a survey aimed at estimating the prevalence of sleep disorders among children aged 2 to 3, identifying associated factors, and...

Nicole Rivière educates children—including very young children—and raises awareness among parents about the functions of sleep. She helps early childhood professionals (childcare...

After identifying numerous sleep disorders among its patients, the Preventive Medicine Center in Bourg-en-Bresse, in the Ain department, launched a series of sleep workshops. Over four...

Insomnia or disrupted sleep is not inevitable. A health education program was conducted with a group of people over 60 by the Sleep Center at Hôtel-Dieu Hospital in Paris. It helped...

Workers and technicians in industry and the service sector, drivers, and healthcare workers on rotating shifts or on call experience disrupted sleep-wake cycles, which increase the risk...

Twenty to thirty percent of French people suffer from insomnia, and 9 to 10 percent from severe insomnia. The impact on health remains underestimated, and these disorders are...

For many people, sleep is seen as a personal and private matter, akin to the intimate aspects of the bedroom. Some might think that this issue is not a true public health priority but...

Three questions from the INPES’s latest 2005 Health Barometer provide insight into how the French population perceives the quality of their sleep: reported satisfaction, sleep problems...