Sleep deprivation has been shown to decrease the effectiveness of working memory, word recall, verbal memory, spatial memory, and the formation of long-term memories

Lack of sleep has been demonstrated to reduce workout time due to exhaustion by at least 11%, and leads to decreased tolerance of heavy exercise.

Lack of sleep has been demonstrated to increase risk of being in a vehicle accident by over 9%. Studies conducted with sleep-deprived surgeons showed “significantly worsened” accuracy and an increase in time to complete surgical procedures.

Studies have shown that sleep deprivation can cause elevated levels of these inflammatory markers which have a strong association with obesity, heart disease, and diabetes

Delayed sleep phase has been shown to increased the odds of depression by 4.31 times

Chronic sleep deprivation has been shown to significantly increase reaction time and decrease ability to maintain focus in multiple cognitive tests

Chronic lack of sleep has been demonstrated to dramatically increase the risk of injury and decrease recovery time for athletes.

Sleeping less than < 5 hrs you are 3 times more likely to have Hypertension.¹

Sleeping < 5 hrs and having difficulty falling or staying asleep increases your risk of a Cardiovascular Event by 30%.¹

In ”the largest study if its kind” by the University of Chicago School of Medicine, poor sleepers had 23% higher blood glucose levels in the morning, and 48% higher blood insulin levels overall.

Chronic sleep deprivation and insufficient sleep were 72% more likely to be obese.¹

As few as 6 days of mild sleep deprivation has been demonstrated to reduce one’s ability to accurately solve complex problems by up to 40%.

Studies have shown that men with sleep apnea have lower libido and testosterone levels;

Sleep deprivation has been demonstrated to be “particularly problematic” for decision making involving uncertainty and unexpected change

Many studies continue to show a direct relation between chronic sleep deprivation and significantly decreased memory and retention.

A meta-analysis published in the European Journal of Cancer showed that women who work the night shift and on airlines had a 44% and 51% increase in breast cancer respectively Similar studies showed a relationship between shift work and prostate cancer in men

The increased risk of stroke in men with sleep apnea is comparable to adding 10 years to a man's age

During a 3-year study of 51,743 primary insomnia patients (older than 20 years of age), after adjusting for sex, the region of residence, and selected comorbidities, a primary insomnia diagnosis was independently associated with a 2.14-fold increase in risk of developing dementia, and similar increased risk for developing Alzheimer’s.