As emergency medicine doctors, we clock in and out at all hours, making it tough to get enough rest.

Physicians also come from a culture where boasting about getting by on little or no sleep is common or even boasted about. But we want to push back on that idea.

Sleep is fundamentally important to physical, mental and emotional health. Meanwhile, sleep deprivation contributes to chronic conditions like depression, obesity, diabetes and strokes.

Here are eight things that help us wake up refreshed every day: Busy ER doctors say these 8 sleep tips help them 'wake up refreshed' every day (cnbc.com)