Dr. Guy Leschziner

We know that sleeping very little is associated with a range of negative health consequences, including mortality. People who sleep a very short period certainly have an increased risk of mortality compared to those who sleep seven or eight hours.

We know that sleeping very little is associated with a range of negative health consequences, including mortality. People who sleep a very short period certainly have an increased risk of mortality compared to those who sleep seven or eight hours.

We know that sleeping very little is associated with a range of negative health consequences, including mortality. People who sleep a very short period certainly have an increased risk of mortality compared to those who sleep seven or eight hours.

Well, I've always been fascinated with sleep. Really, even as a schoolboy, I was fascinated with neuroscience and read the books of Oliver Sacks. And it was really reading those stories that got me fascinated by the world of neurology. And as an undergraduate, although historically in the UK and pretty much everywhere in the world, sleep has been very, very poorly taught.

Well, I've always been fascinated with sleep. Really, even as a schoolboy, I was fascinated with neuroscience and read the books of Oliver Sacks. And it was really reading those stories that got me fascinated by the world of neurology. And as an undergraduate, although historically in the UK and pretty much everywhere in the world, sleep has been very, very poorly taught.

Well, I've always been fascinated with sleep. Really, even as a schoolboy, I was fascinated with neuroscience and read the books of Oliver Sacks. And it was really reading those stories that got me fascinated by the world of neurology. And as an undergraduate, although historically in the UK and pretty much everywhere in the world, sleep has been very, very poorly taught.

It's been largely ignored. But as an undergraduate, when I was at Oxford, I was asked to go away and write a thesis on why we dream. And what occurred to me at that point was, first of all, how little we knew about sleep and the fact that despite us doing this for eight hours a day, we have no real understanding of why we do what we do.

It's been largely ignored. But as an undergraduate, when I was at Oxford, I was asked to go away and write a thesis on why we dream. And what occurred to me at that point was, first of all, how little we knew about sleep and the fact that despite us doing this for eight hours a day, we have no real understanding of why we do what we do.

It's been largely ignored. But as an undergraduate, when I was at Oxford, I was asked to go away and write a thesis on why we dream. And what occurred to me at that point was, first of all, how little we knew about sleep and the fact that despite us doing this for eight hours a day, we have no real understanding of why we do what we do.

It was a really fascinating area that subsequently has taken me into all sorts of areas of medicine because we now understand that sleep and sleep medicine, it has links with every aspect of human physiology and human medicine.

It was a really fascinating area that subsequently has taken me into all sorts of areas of medicine because we now understand that sleep and sleep medicine, it has links with every aspect of human physiology and human medicine.

It was a really fascinating area that subsequently has taken me into all sorts of areas of medicine because we now understand that sleep and sleep medicine, it has links with every aspect of human physiology and human medicine.

Well, it's staggering, really, if you think about it. If somebody were to ask you, well, why do we eat or why do we drink? And you turned around to them and said, well, you know, I don't know. It would be laughable. Yet this fundamental aspect of our lives is absolutely crucial to every aspect of our being. We really understand incredibly poorly.

Well, it's staggering, really, if you think about it. If somebody were to ask you, well, why do we eat or why do we drink? And you turned around to them and said, well, you know, I don't know. It would be laughable. Yet this fundamental aspect of our lives is absolutely crucial to every aspect of our being. We really understand incredibly poorly.

Well, it's staggering, really, if you think about it. If somebody were to ask you, well, why do we eat or why do we drink? And you turned around to them and said, well, you know, I don't know. It would be laughable. Yet this fundamental aspect of our lives is absolutely crucial to every aspect of our being. We really understand incredibly poorly.

I think the answer is that there's no one function of sleep, that sleep has a multitude of functions. So we know that it is...

I think the answer is that there's no one function of sleep, that sleep has a multitude of functions. So we know that it is...

I think the answer is that there's no one function of sleep, that sleep has a multitude of functions. So we know that it is...

primarily controlled by the brain and many of its functions are for regulation of brain function of normal brain functioning so that sleep is part of the housekeeping that is required to maintain our brain which is a the most metabolically active organ in our bodies in in fighting shape

primarily controlled by the brain and many of its functions are for regulation of brain function of normal brain functioning so that sleep is part of the housekeeping that is required to maintain our brain which is a the most metabolically active organ in our bodies in in fighting shape