Health
Sleep warning for older men
Men aged 65 and over should monitor their sleep patterns and seek medical advice after a warning from Flinders University experts that disrupted slumber can be linked to cognitive dysfunction.
May 27, 2021
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News tagged with sleep patterns
Health
Short sleepers are four times more likely to catch a cold: Researchers connect sleep loss to higher rates of illness
Scientists have long associated sufficient sleep with good health. Now they've confirmed it.
Aug 31, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Defying body clock linked to depression and lower wellbeing
People whose sleep pattern goes against their natural body clock are more likely to have depression and lower levels of wellbeing, according to a largescale new study.
Jun 7, 2021
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Health
Want to remember your dreams? Try taking vitamin B6
New research from the University of Adelaide has found that taking vitamin B6 could help people to recall their dreams.
Apr 27, 2018
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Neuroscience
Study points to a universal immune mechanism as a regulator of sleep
Sleep—one of the most basic, yet most mystifying processes of the human body—has confounded physicians, scientists and evolutionary biologists for centuries.
Feb 2, 2017
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Neuroscience
Can deep sleep help devastating brain disorders? Scientists studying Parkinson's want to find out
Sleep may be one of the most potent medicines for the brain, scientists are discovering, as they explore the inner labyrinths of the three-pound organ during deep sleep and dream cycles in both health and disease.
Neuroscience
Sleep problems may be early sign of Alzheimer's
Poor sleep may be a sign that people who are otherwise healthy may be more at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life than people who do not have sleep problems, according to a study published in the July 5, ...
Jul 5, 2017
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Health
How sleep affects infants' ability to develop cognitive and language skills
Infants who sleep less may have lower cognitive and language skills by age two, but early intervention to reduce risk factors could help avoid more serious behavioural, cognitive and emotional problems down the road, new ...
Jul 11, 2018
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Disrupted biological clock linked to Alzheimer's disease
New research has identified some of the processes by which molecules associated with neurological diseases can disrupt the biological clock, interfere with sleep and activity patterns, and set the stage for a spiral of health ...
Mar 27, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Office lighting experiment suggests workers sleep longer when exposed to more daylight
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has found that office workers sleep more hours each night when exposed to more sunlight during the day. In their paper published in the International ...
