Health
Get ready for clocks to 'spring ahead'
If losing an hour of sleep with the switch to Daylight Saving Time on Sunday leaves you feeling tired, you're not alone.
Mar 6, 2020
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Pediatrics
New study provides criteria for good infant sleep for the first time
According to a new study, sleep problems among infants are very common and normally improve by the time the child reaches the age of two. The study was carried out by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and ...
Feb 5, 2020
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Health
Sleep varies by age, geographical location and gender
In an exceptionally extensive worldwide study on sleep, nearly a quarter of a million nights of sleep were measured among sleepers ranging between 16 and 30 years of age.
Sep 27, 2019
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Health
Young adults in Asia get the least sleep due to cultural habits
Are you tired? A new study of young and middle-aged adults shows it could be happening because of the way society functions in your part of the world.
Aug 12, 2019
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Health
Night owls can 'retrain' their body clocks to improve mental well-being and performance
A simple tweak to the sleeping patterns of 'night owls' - people with extreme late sleeping and waking habits—could lead to significant improvements in sleep/wake timings, improved performance in the mornings, better eating ...
Jun 10, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New method makes the experience of sleeplessness more visible
Some people with chronic insomnia think that they do not sleep during certain periods, whereas sleep measurements show that they do. Up till now, scientists have not been able to pinpoint the exact causes of so-called 'sleep ...
Mar 14, 2019
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Pediatrics
Infant sleep duration associated with mother's level of education and prenatal depression
A new study analyzing data from Canadian parents has found that babies sleep less at three months of age if their mothers do not have a university degree, experienced depression during pregnancy or had an emergency cesarean-section ...
Feb 27, 2019
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Health
Research shows impact of school start times on teens' sleep
Delaying high school start times by as little as 10 minutes can increase adolescents' length of sleep by almost 25 minutes, says new Brock-led research.
Dec 5, 2018
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Health
A new therapeutic avenue for treating insomnia
Insomnia is one of the major sleep problems with an estimated prevalence of 10 percent to 15 percent in the general population and 30 percent to 60 percent in the older population. Moreover, insomnia frequently co-occurs ...
Oct 26, 2018
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Neuroscience
Increased corticomotor excitability ID'd in restless legs
(HealthDay)—For patients with restless leg syndrome (RLS), the primary motor cortex (M1) exhibits hyperexcitability, which is associated with disease severity, according to a study published recently in Sleep Medicine.
Sep 7, 2018
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