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Co-author on the editorial Dr. Michael Nurok, an anesthesiologist and intensive-care doctor from the New York's Hospital for Special Surgery, added, fatigue caused due to sleep-deprivation can mar surgeons’ cognitive and technical performance, which can be fatal for patient on operating table.

“Working while fatigued has been part of the culture of medicine for a long, long time. There has been this idea that training for medicine involves training for working under fatigued conditions, but we now know that fatigued physicians are impaired by their fatigue,” said Nurok.

Researchers at Ohio State University suggested that following these simple steps in combination or individually could ease much of your worries about your child’s health.

Lead study author Sarah Anderson, Ph.D., assistant professor, epidemiology, Ohio State University said, “We should encourage parents to have these routines for young children.”

“In some families it’s going to be harder to do these things because of social and economic constraints, but we should consider what would make it possible for them to have these routines in their household,” added Anderson.