Get Up And Do Something: How power naps fight fatigue

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How power naps fight fatigue Dec 10th 2012, 11:50 New research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia VA Medical Center indicates that the implementation of protected sleep periods for residents who are assigned to overnight shifts in a hospital represent a viable tool in preventing fatigue and alleviating the physiological and behavioral effects of sleep deprivation among these doctors in training. The new results were published in the December 5th edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). "Within the last two years, we've seen sweeping changes in guidelines regulating the number of hours that first-year residents can work as they continue their medical training," said lead study author Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, staff physician at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center and professor of Medicine and Health Care Management, Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

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