Health
Study links diet with daytime sleepiness and alertness in healthy adults
A new study suggests that your level of sleepiness or alertness during the day may be related to the type of food that you eat.
May 7, 2013
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Alertness
Neuroscience
Restless legs syndrome, insomnia and brain chemistry: A tangled mystery solved?
Johns Hopkins researchers believe they may have discovered an explanation for the sleepless nights associated with restless legs syndrome (RLS), a symptom that persists even when the disruptive, overwhelming nocturnal urge ...
May 7, 2013
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Health
Caffeine 'can significantly protect against crash risk' for long distance heavy vehicle drivers, study says
Long distance commercial drivers who consume caffeinated substances such as coffee or energy drinks, to stay awake while driving, are significantly less likely to crash than those who do not, even though they drive longer ...
Mar 19, 2013
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Sleep disorders
New study shows how seals sleep with only half their brain at a time
(Medical Xpress)—A new study led by an international team of biologists has identified some of the brain chemicals that allow seals to sleep with half of their brain at a time.
Feb 19, 2013
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Medications
Frequently prescribed drug used in concerning ways with harmful side effects
A popular class of drugs commonly used to treat sleep and mood symptoms continues to be frequently prescribed despite being known to have potentially life-threatening side effects.
Feb 6, 2013
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Neuroscience
Response and recovery in the brain may predict well-being
(Medical Xpress)—It has long been known that the part of the brain called the amygdala is responsible for recognition of a threat and knowing whether to fight or flee from the danger.
Feb 5, 2013
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Other
Like coffee, blue light keeps night drivers alert
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the Université Bordeaux Segalen, France, and their Swedish colleagues have recently demonstrated that constant exposure to blue light is as effective as coffee at improving night drivers' ...
Nov 23, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Re-Timer ready to reset sleep
(Medical Xpress)—Today saw the launch of Re-Timer, a wearable green light device invented by Flinders University sleep researchers to reset the body's internal clock.
Nov 21, 2012
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Pediatrics
Kids who sleep a bit longer behave better in school, study finds
(HealthDay)—When children can get just a little more sleep each night, their school behavior and alertness levels improve, new research suggests.
Oct 15, 2012
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Other
Blinking rate, not just pupil response, an important measure of alterness
The speed and degree to which the pupil of the eye responds is a standard test for alertness. It has also been used to assess how sleepy or exhausted a person is. Now, research to be published in the International Journal ...
Oct 10, 2012
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