Military

Sleeplessly at War

War is hell, said General William Tecumseh Sherman, whose 1864 march to the sea changed the course of American and military history. And the practice of war, even in “peacetime,” can be hell on the human body. That is the lesson of a panel at this year’s national sleep meetings in Seattle, entitled “Wounded in Action – What Sleep Science Can Learn From Sleep and Sleep Disorders of US Military Service Members.”