Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Annals of Continuing Medical Education
Apparently, one can earn continuing medical education credits by reading a paper with the title "Coffee or Napping May Help Reduce Nighttime Driving Impairment." Here's the best part:
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
Compare the effect of coffee or napping vs placebo on nighttime driving performance in young healthy men.
Describe the effect of coffee consumption and napping vs placebo on subsequent sleep latency and efficiency.
Valuable, I'm sure, because lots of "young healthy men" ask their doctor to describe the effect of coffee or napping vs. placebo on nighttime driving performance.
Nestle provided the coffee and the decaf used in the study. Had they used good coffee instead of mass market "bean float," the results might have been even more impressive.
Next up: "Rolls over, palms back: The effects of donuts and bacon cheeseburgers on the waist sizes of young, previously healthy men."
1 Comments:
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Charlottesvillain, at
Wed Jun 14, 03:38:00 PM:
How does the placebo for napping work, exactly? I can think of many instances when that could come in handy.
