Medical Discovery News, June 13, 2009
So you know how you feel when you get jet lagged - when your circadian rhythm is disrupted? Well, when we wake up teenagers too early, that's what it's like for them. Because when children hit puberty they experience a shift in their natural sleep-wake cycles. This shift means that adolescents have trouble going to sleep early, will stay up late and would get up late if we let them. Plus, studies also show this shift makes them excessively sleepy in the morning. Medical Discovery News, hosted by UTMB's Norbert Herzog and David Niesel, is broadcast by nearly 100 stations in the U.S. and Mexico. Locally, you can hear the program at 10 a.m. on Saturdays on KUHT, 88.7 FM and KTSU, 90.9 FM.