News tagged with sleep hygiene


Prevent sleep deprivation this daylight saving time (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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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Behavioral Therapy Improves Sleep and Lives of Patients with Pain

Behavioral Therapy Improves Sleep and Lives of Patients with Pain

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia significantly improved sleep for patients with chronic neck or back pain and also reduced the extent to which pain interfered with their daily functioning, ...


Quantity More Important than Quality for Adult Sleep

Quantity More Important than Quality for Adult Sleep

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

(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 ...


Intervention and feedback lead to improved sleep

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the Zeo Personal Sleep Coach, which records a sleeper's time in light, deep and REM sleep through a small, wireless headband sensor, professor James Maas teaches students about their sleep.


Sleep-deprived College Students: Asleep at the Wheel

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

created Feb 21, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...


The mathematics behind a good night's sleep

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...


An elderly woman cares for her infant grand-daughter at a market in the mountain town of Sagada, The Philippines

Scientists shed light on sleep through the ages

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

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?


Severe sleep apnea decreases frequency of nightmare recall

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A study in the Feb. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) report a significantly lower frequency of nightmares than patients with mild or no sleep ...


Sleep problems and sleepiness increase the risk of motor vehicle accidents in adolescents

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study in the Feb. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that sleepiness at the wheel and poor sleep quality significantly increase the risk of motor vehicle accidents in adolescents.


The Swiss researchers hope the discovery could also shed more light on the way the human body handles sleep

Researchers find trigger for narcolepsy: study

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 17, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 6

Swiss scientists say they have found a trigger for narcolepsy, the health disorder that sparks sudden daytime bouts of tiredness or sleep, in a move that could open up new avenues for treatment.



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