How new lifestyles can change our sleep patterns

We need sleep along with food,water and oxygen to survive. We spend up to one -third of our lives asleep, and the overall state of our "sleep health" remains an essential question throughout our lifespan. PHOTO|FILE

What you need to know:

  • The era of smartphones, for instance, has come with a price to pay such that our fingers are on the phones keypad 24/7, everywhere we go, including the bathroom and at bedtime. This on its own is a disease as we eventually delay to sleep as we lay on our beds for many hours afterwards.