S2E9 - End of season Q&A Session

About this episode

The episode features the NaPS lab answering listener questions about various sleep-related topics.

For our end of season special, we have the rest of the NaPS lab in to answer a number of exciting sleep-related questions from our listeners. These touch on a range of different subjects from sleeps involvement in weight gain to alcohol's effect on sleep. Thanks to those who sent in questions! List of Questions: 1. What is it in general anaesthetic that completely prevents a patient from waking up mid-surgery? Is this a similar state to being in a deep sleep or is this di...

People in this episode

Host: Penny Lewis

Topics covered

• sleep-related questions
• general anaesthetic
• deep sleep
• weight gain
• alcohol's effect on sleep

Keywords

• sleep
• general anaesthetic
• weight gain
• alcohol
• Q&A

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NaPS lab

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