How can we improve our sleep? Some people are of the opinion that five hours of sleep per night are enough, other people believe that a glass of wine will help the evening, you fall Asleep. These are just myths, some of the so-called Sleep, which were recently determined in a study. In a recent […]
Father claims he gets just ten hours of sleep A WEEK
Father who claims he gets just ten hours of sleep A WEEK calls insomnia a ‘blessing’ after learning to play the piano, write poetry and speak French while the world sleeps Neil Epstein has learnt to survive without sleep for up to two days at a time Claims it gives him two years of ‘extra […]
Conversion from sleep disorder to neurodegeneration studied
(HealthDay)—Predictors of neurodegeneration from idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) have been identified, according to a study published online Feb. 20 in Brain. Ronald B. Postuma, M.D., from McGill University in Montreal, and colleagues examined the risk for neurodegenerative disease and predictors of neurodegeneration in a large cohort of iRBD patients. Prospective follow-up data from […]
Children with atopic dermatitis have worse sleep quality
(HealthDay)—Children with atopic dermatitis (AD) have worse sleep quality, according to a study published online March 4 in JAMA Pediatrics. Faustine D. Ramirez, from the University of California in San Francisco, and colleagues conducted a longitudinal cohort study involving 13,988 children alive at 1 year and followed up with repeated measures of self-reported AD and […]
Sleep boosts immune systems by making blood cells more able to attack
Sleep off your sickness: Slumber boosts our immune systems by making white blood cells more able to attack Researchers analysed blood taken from participants when asleep and awake Body showed higher levels of a specific T-cell function while asleep A certain group of molecules, such as hormone adrenaline, are lower at night It suggests these […]
The interplay between relationships, stress, and sleep
A new Personal Relationships study documents how the quality of a person’s romantic relationship and the life stress he or she experiences at two key points in early adulthood (at age 23 and 32) are related to sleep quality and quantity in middle adulthood (at age 37). Investigators found that people who have positive relationship […]
How chronic pain threatens a good night’s sleep
Ask anyone who is in pain how their much-needed sleep was, and there’s a good chance they will say it was not great. And, it appears they may not be too far off as chronic pain and poor sleep can become a vicious cycle, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley, and […]
Sleep apnea creates gaps in life memories: study
People with sleep apnea struggle to remember details of memories from their own lives, potentially making them vulnerable to depression, new research has shown. Estimated to affect more than 936 million people worldwide, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a serious condition that occurs when a person’s breathing is interrupted during sleep. People with OSA are […]
How to Get Your Kids to Sleep When They’re Excited About the Holiday
It’s the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature is stirring… except for your wide-awake kids who are super-jazzed for the big holiday. How the heck do you maintain routines and keep their sleep habits rolling along smoothly when the biggest day of the year is tomorrow?! We checked with a […]
Automated detection of sleep states from olfactory brain waves
Scientists have developed a completely automated technique for real-time detection of sleep/wake states in freely moving mice. Conducted by Karim Benchenane, Sophie Bagur and colleagues at the National Centre for Scientific Research in Paris, the study, publishing on November 8 in the open-access journal, PLOS Biology, describes how local brain activity in the olfactory bulb […]