By:
Jeffrey Schwartz, M.D.
July 5th, 2018
When you have insomnia, each day and each night can feel like an uphill battle. Scientists are getting closer to unlocking the secrets of what sleep does for our brains, but there are still a lot of unanswered questions. What we do know is that sleep is a biological necessity. Sleep deprivation has been linked to increased risk of developing a number of serious health problems, such as hypertension, obesity, and diabetes, and your ability to learn and retain new information may be impaired.