1: “All of us know that nurses and doctors work long, consecutive hours,” Dr. Matthew Walker writes in Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams.

“And none more so than doctors during their resident training years,” he notes.

Why do we require doctors to learn their profession in this grueling, sleepless way? 

“The answer originates with the esteemed physician William Stewart Halsted, MD,” Matthew … continue reading