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Study shows sleep extension improves athletic performance and mood
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Athletes who extended their nightly sleep and reduced accumulated sleep debt reported improvements in various drills conducted after every regular practice.
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Molecular partnership controls daily rhythms, body metabolism
Nov 26, 2008 |
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A research team led by Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has discovered a key molecular partnership that coordinates ...
Delaying school start time by one hour positively affects adolescents' cognitive performance
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Delaying an adolescent’s school start time by one hour has a positive effect on his or her cognitive performance, according to a research abstract that will be presented on Thursday at SLEEP 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting ...
Sleeping off childhood?
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Are your 11- and 12-year-olds staying up later, then dozing off at school the next day? Parents and educators who notice poor sleeping patterns in their children should take note of new research from Tel Aviv University ― ...
High hormone levels in seabird chicks prepare them to kill their siblings
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Jun 19, 2008 |
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The Nazca booby, a Galápagos Island seabird, emerges from its shell ready to kill its brother or sister. Wake Forest University biologists and their colleagues have linked the murderous behavior to high levels ...
Poor sleep quality linked to postpartum depression
Dec 10, 2008 |
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Postpartum depression (PPD) can lead to poor sleep quality, recent research shows. A study published in the current issue of the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing shows that depression symptoms worsen ...
Sleep changes predict the onset of physical changes associated with puberty
Dec 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Dec.1 issue of the journal Sleep suggests that changes in children's sleep patterns that typically occur between the ages of 11 and 12 years are evident before the physical changes associated with the onset ...
Whales and dolphins influence new wind turbine design
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Jul 08, 2008 |
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Sea creatures have evolved over millions of years to maximise efficiency of movement through water; humans have been trying to perfect streamlined designs for barely a century. So shouldn't we be taking more ...
Study shows emergency physicians have good first instincts in diagnosing heart attacks
Jul 24, 2008 |
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A study out of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center demonstrates emergency room doctors are correctly identifying patients who are having a heart attack, even when laboratory tests haven't yet confirmed it.
Actigraphy is a useful way to assess and manage sleep disorders
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Actigraphy, the use of a portable device that records movement over extended periods of time, and has been used extensively in the study of sleep and circadian rhythms, provides an acceptably accurate estimate of sleep patterns ...
New Instrument Could Detect Hidden Aviation Hazards
Mar 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While radar and other existing systems typically warn aircraft pilots of potential weather hazards during flight, they do not detect all possible atmospheric dangers.
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