News tagged with nights sleep

Lack of sleep makes your brain hungry

New research from Uppsala University, Sweden, shows that a specific brain region that contributes to a person's appetite sensation is more activated in response to food images after one night of sleep loss than after one ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Failure of brain's clock could play role in causing neuropsychiatric disorders

(Medical Xpress) -- Neuropsychiatric disorders are the second largest cause of morbidity and premature mortality worldwide. The scientific community has widely accepted that people who battle neuropsychiatric disorders such ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Odd work schedules pose risk to health

(AP) -- Reports of sleeping air traffic controllers highlight a long-known and often ignored hazard: Workers on night shifts can have trouble concentrating and even staying awake.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

A sleep strategy commonly used by night nurses throws off their circadian clocks

As many as 25 percent of hospital nurses go without sleep for at least 24 hours in order to adjust to working on the night shift, which is the least effective strategy for adapting their internal, circadian ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Negative effects of sleep restriction may linger after one night of recovery sleep

A study in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal Sleep suggests that a dose of extra sleep on the weekend may be good medicine for adults who repeatedly stay up too late or wake up too early during the workweek. However, even a ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 01, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Night beat, overtime and a disrupted sleep pattern can harm officers' health

A police officer who works the night shift, typically from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., already is at a disadvantage when it comes to getting a good "night's" sleep.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Java and nighttime jobs don't mix: study

Night-shift workers should avoid drinking coffee if they wish to improve their sleep, according to research published in the journal Sleep Medicine. A new study led by Julie Carrier, a Université de Montréal psycho ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0