What’s leading to women sleeping so poorly?
Women are 40% more likely to develop insomnia at some point in their life than men.
A person’s quality of sleep depends on a whole host of factors, including many that are sex-based, like differences in hormones and risk factors for underlying conditions, as well as gender-based social norms around caregiving.
Reset learns about what contributes to the difference in sleep quality between men and women and what can be done to improve sleep overall for everyone.
GUESTS: Dr. Monica Christmas, OB/GYN, director of the UChicago Medicine Center for Women’s Integrated Health
Dr. James Herdegen, director of The Sleep Disorders Service and Research Center at Rush University Medical Group
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What’s leading to women sleeping so poorly?
Women are 40% more likely to develop insomnia at some point in their life than men.
A person’s quality of sleep depends on a whole host of factors, including many that are sex-based, like differences in hormones and risk factors for underlying conditions, as well as gender-based social norms around caregiving.
Reset learns about what contributes to the difference in sleep quality between men and women and what can be done to improve sleep overall for everyone.
GUESTS: Dr. Monica Christmas, OB/GYN, director of the UChicago Medicine Center for Women’s Integrated Health
Dr. James Herdegen, director of The Sleep Disorders Service and Research Center at Rush University Medical Group