As any parent of a teen can attest, teens' natural body clocks are rarely in sync with the morning school bell. Several studies have indicated that puberty is to blame for teens who stay up later at night and then desire to sleep later in the morning. And as a new school year is set to begin, new research has found that those sleep-deprived teens are risking more than droopy eyes and grogginess in algebra class. Cleveland researchers say they have shown for the first time that lack of sleep increases risk of high blood pressure in healthy teens. The researchers added that part of the problem is that iPods, cell phones and computers are cutting into teens' sleep time.
In this week's hot topics sleep expert Dr. Jodi Mindell shares her sleep wisdom for parents of teens and younger zombies who struggle with sleep issues.
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