Health
To reduce postoperative pain, consider sleep—and caffeine
Sleep is essential for good mental and physical health, and chronic insufficient sleep increases the risk for several chronic health problems.
Aug 18, 2017
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Neuroscience
Deep sleep reinforces the learning of new motor skills
The benefits of a good night's sleep have become widely known, and now neuroscientists at UC San Francisco have discovered that the animal brain reinforces motor skills during deep sleep.
Aug 11, 2017
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Neuroscience
Sleep biology discovery could lead to new insomnia treatments that don't target the brain
UCLA scientists report the first evidence that a gene outside the brain controls the ability to rebound from sleep deprivation—a surprising discovery that could eventually lead to greatly improved treatments for insomnia ...
Aug 11, 2017
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Neuroscience
Muscle, not brain, may hold answers to some sleep disorders
Scientists exploring the brain for answers to certain sleep disorders may have been looking in the wrong place.
Aug 3, 2017
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Health
How much sleep do you really need?
(HealthDay)—Health initiatives typically center on diet and fitness. But the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society state that getting enough sleep is just as important as eating right and exercising.
Jul 20, 2017
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Medical research
World's largest sleep study launches from Western's Brain and Mind Institute
Renowned Western University neuroscientist Adrian Owen has launched the world's largest sleep-and-cognition study to help researchers learn the effects on our brains of sleep and sleep deprivation.
Jun 26, 2017
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Health
Study links late-night tweeting by NBA players to worse game performance
Preliminary data from a new study suggests that NBA players had worse personal statistics in games that followed a late-night tweet between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Jun 5, 2017
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Health
Alternating skimpy sleep with sleep marathons hurts attention, creativity in young adults
Skimping on sleep, followed by "catch-up" days with long snoozes, is tied to worse cognition—both in attention and creativity—in young adults, in particular those tackling major projects, Baylor University researchers ...
Apr 24, 2017
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Neuroscience
How the brain reacts to sleep deprivation
In a new study, scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich together with partners from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have investigated the molecular changes with which the human brain reacts to exceptionally long wake ...
Apr 5, 2017
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Health
Mathematicians predict delaying school start times won't help sleep deprived teenagers
Delaying school start times in the UK is unlikely to reduce sleep deprivation in teenagers, research from the University of Surrey and Harvard Medical School has found. The research, conducted in collaboration between mathematicians ...
Mar 28, 2017
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