News tagged with sleep hygiene
Prevent sleep deprivation this daylight saving time (w/ Video)
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Whether you work an eight-hour shift or around the clock, chances are you are not getting the sleep you need. Dr. Aparajitha Verma, medical director of the Sleep Disorders Center at the Methodist Neurological Institute, says ...
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Quantity More Important than Quality for Adult Sleep
Feb 25, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, it has been thought that senior citizens don't require as much sleep as younger adults. However, a study at the University of California San Diego is turning that assumption on ...
Sleep-deprived College Students: Asleep at the Wheel
Mar 03, 2010 |
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College students are getting 45 minutes less sleep per night than 40 years ago, and two hours less than the nine recommended by the National Sleep Foundation — putting them at risk of motor vehicle accidents, a small new ...
The role of sleep in brain development
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 21, 2010 |
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At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Marcos Frank, PhD, associate professor of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, will present information on early ...
When it comes to sleep, few of us are getting enough
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Sleep deprivation, it turns out, is colorblind.
The mathematics behind a good night's sleep
Feb 25, 2010 |
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Why can't I fall asleep? Will this new medication keep me up all night? Can I sleep off this cold? Despite decades of research, answers to these basic questions about one of our most essential bodily functions remain exceptionally ...
Scientists shed light on sleep through the ages
Feb 22, 2010 |
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What starts with an "s" that seniors need more of than younger adults, is great to get a bit of in the middle of the day and could cause teens to turn to drugs if they don't get enough of it?
A midday nap markedly boosts the brain's learning capacity
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 21, 2010 |
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If you see a student dozing in the library or a co-worker catching 40 winks in her cubicle, don't roll your eyes. New research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that an hour's nap can dramatically boost and ...
Children with insomnia may have impaired heart rate variability
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Children with insomnia and shorter sleep duration had impaired modulation of heart rhythm during sleep, Pennsylvania researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 50th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease ...
Extremes in sleep duration are related to increases in abdominal fat in minority young adults
Mar 01, 2010 |
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A study in the March 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that African-American and Hispanic young adults with short or long sleep durations had greater increases in belly fat over a five-year period compared with those who re ...
Probing Question: Is snoring dangerous?
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Homer Simpson does it. Dagwood Bumstead does it. Snoring is a cartoon classic, but if you live with a snorer, it's anything but funny. The nocturnal noise can ruin a good night's sleep, or worse, can be a ...
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