Psychology & Psychiatry
Less sleep reduces positive feelings
Sleeping less than normal impacts how we feel the next morning.
Jun 18, 2020
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News tagged with sleep deprivation
Neuroscience
Fruit fly study reveals link between the gut and death by sleep deprivation
The first signs of insufficient sleep are universally familiar. There's tiredness and fatigue, difficulty concentrating, perhaps irritability or even tired giggles. Far fewer people have experienced the effects of prolonged ...
Jun 4, 2020
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Health
Pandemic got you stressed? How losing sleep affects your health
Feeling tired? Stressed? Do you know that today ends in a 'y," but you can't remember which day it is? If you said yes to at least one of these, know that you are not alone.
May 7, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Seven tips to get your sleep cycle back on track during lockdown
You might have noticed your normal sleep pattern has changed. Some of us may be sleeping more, and some of us may be sleeping less. Life has changed dramatically for many of us, with our usual daily routine—including commutes, ...
Apr 10, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus: Does the amount of virus you are exposed to determine how sick you'll get?
Healthcare workers are likely to be in contact with many COVID-19 patients every day. Being in contact with more people with the disease means that, in theory, they will be exposed to higher doses of the coronavirus over ...
Apr 8, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How stress and loneliness can make you more likely to get COVID-19
What do stress, loneliness and lack of sleep have in common? They are all factors that can weaken your immune system and make you more susceptible to COVID-19, according to Rice University's Christopher Fagundes, an associate ...
Mar 20, 2020
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Neuroscience
Brain inflammation in veterans with Gulf War illness
In a new discovery, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have detected widespread inflammation in the brains of veterans diagnosed with Gulf War Illness (GWI). These findings, published online in the journal ...
Feb 14, 2020
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Medical research
Many of America's most critical workers are short on sleep
More than one-third of working Americans don't get enough sleep, and the problem is greatest among the police, the military, health care workers and truckers, researchers report.
Jan 24, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Long hours double junior doctors' risk of mental illness and suicide
More than a quarter of junior doctors (JDs) are working unsafe hours that double their risk of developing mental health problems and suicidal ideation, according to Australian-first research led by the Black Dog Institute ...
Jan 22, 2020
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Neuroscience
Sleep deprived? Study finds losing a night of sleep may increase Alzheimer's biomarker
A preliminary study has found that when young, healthy men were deprived of just one night of sleep, they had higher levels of tau, a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease, in their blood than when they had a full, uninterrupted ...
Jan 8, 2020
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