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Oct-Nov 2006

 

"Sleepless in..."
As we continue our series on sleep, we turn our attention to sleep deprivation, its social and medical consequences, its human and cultural aspects, and its use as a method of torture.  Finally, a woman who works the night shift in a call center will share with us how her life and health changed with this job.

Headline News
United States Private Health Insurance Unaffordable
http://www.alternative-therapies.com/at/staticpages/static.jsp?pagename=NewsOct06
Democratic Sweep Causes Drop in Drug and Insurance Stocks http://www.reutershealth.com/en/index.html
World Diabetes Day November 14
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2006/world_diabetes_day/en/index.html
22 Countries Sign on the the WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge Initiative http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr67/en/index.html
United Nations Reports Toilets Underutilized in Developing World http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/world/10toilet.html?_r=1&ref=health&oref=slogin
Great American Smokeout November 16 http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/research_data/adults_prev/gaso06.htm


"Sleepless in..."
Consequences of Sleep Deprivation
Dr. Sanjay Manchanda
Dr. Sanjay Manchanda is a senior consultant and founder of the Department of Sleep Medicine (1996)at Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi.&
The sociology of Sleep Deprivation
Dr. Indira Ramarao
Dr. Indira Ramarao is a professor of sociology and director of the International Center at the University of Mysore. She earned her PhD in sociology from the University of Mysore. Her areas of interest are in gender and forest communities.
The Anthropology of Sleep Deprivation
Dr. Vineetha Menon
Dr. Vineetha Menon has a PhD in anthropology from York University. She is a professor and the Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Chairperson of theBoard of Studies in Anthropology at Kannur University in Kerala. Her research interests are in the fields of anthropology of marginalized communities and deprived populations, medical anthropology, gender studies,development studies, and on micro-macro and inter-cultural linkages, utilization of knowledge for development. She is also interested in music, literature, nature.
Sleep Deprivation as Torture
Dr. Fatima Shahnaz
Dr. Fatima Shahnaz is a human rights activist, writer, and journalist with a PhD in French literature from Sorbonne University in Paris. She is president of the India Peace Organization.
Personal Story
Ms. Jyoti Mahendroo
Ms. Jyoti Mahendroo is a manager at a call center in New Delhi.

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"Why I Don't Wake Up Early"
(in response to Mary Oliver's, Why I Wake Up Early)

i am an eight hour woman.
do not even try to set any alarms
before i have completed my sleep.
and frequent insomnia insists
you do not ask me
to do anything
i can't skip,
or be late for,
before noon.
besides all that,
it is so cozy under my comforter,
the air so nippy outside my bed,
there is the cold kitchen floor
to be considered before crossing
to get to the even colder toilet seat.
so often there is a dream
in mid-suspense
i would rather return to
and remember.
i enjoy the feeling
that every morning
is a weekend morning
i can relive
that youthful carefree sense
of the lack of responsibilities
and duties
adults heap upon themselves.
besides all that,
i can listen to the chirping birds just fine
from my bed
while i drift back
into the lovely luxury
of sleeping just a little longer.
-jaysi

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Mar 2008 -- "The Culture and Politics of Habits"

Feb 2008 -- "SocioPoliticoEconomics of Habits"

Jan 2008 -- "Addictions and Resolutions"

Aug07-Sep07 -- "Habits and Addictions"

Dec06-Jan07 -- "Work less, Play nice, Take care, and Sleep more"

Oct-Nov 2006 -- "Sleepless in..."

Aug-Sep 2006 -- "Sleep Sweet Sleep"

May-June 2006 -- "Dr. Doctor"

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