This is our German Shorthaired Pointer, Fritz. He is 2 years old and is the perfect dog for us. Fritz is loyal, obedient, respectful and active! The high point of Fritz's day is the long run we take every afternoon.
Scientists say they may have found the reason why we need to sleep. Photograph: Corbis Scientists in the US claim to have a new explanation for why we sleep: in the hours spent slumbering, a rubbish disposal service swings into action that cleans up waste in the brain. Through a series of experiments on mice, the researchers showed that during sleep, cerebral spinal fluid is pumped around the brain, and flushes out waste products like a biological dishwasher.
A sleep study measures your sleep cycles and stages by recording: 1  Air flow in and out of your lungs as you breathe. 2  The level of oxygen in your blood. 3  Body position.  Brain waves 1  (EEG) Breathing effort and rate.  Electrical activity of 1  muscles. Eye movement.  Heart rate.