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During sleep, your brain can learn a new piece of information and even store it for later, so that it pops up when you need it, found a new study carried out by researchers at the University of York and Harvard Medical School.The team also discovered that sleep helps people remember new words easier and allows them t... |
2 November 2010
07:23 GMT |
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In a first-of-its-kind research, experts determined that each person's personality traits and social activity patterns interact to determine that person's vulnerability to experiencing sleep deprivation.The new research paper, which appears in the November 1 issue of the esteemed scientific journal SLEEP, i... |
1 November 2010
10:55 GMT |
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A new research carried out by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, found out why some people only sleep a few hours at night and burst with energy and others can hardly function after an eight-hour sleep – it's all about genes.The team led by Namni Goel, PhD, looked at people ... |
26 October 2010
04:36 GMT |
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Investigators have recently determined that people who suffer from sleep disturbances have an elevated risk of experiencing work disabilities, and also tend to take longer to recover enough to resume the work process.The team behind the new research say that the correlation is more valid in the case of people whose m... |
25 October 2010
05:46 GMT |
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Health experts can’t stress enough how important a good night’s sleep actually is, especially since we know for a fact that sleep debts are not that easily compensated for later on. To avoid a rocky night and losing sleep because of a partner, more and more couples choose to sleep in separate beds in sepa... |
22 October 2010
16:41 GMT |
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A new investigation seems to show that people who are experiencing sleep disorders, such as IRBD or even sleep-walking, are at increased risk of developing dementia-spectrum disorders, such as Parkinson's.The investigation was mostly oriented on individuals who tend to exhibit aberrant behaviors while sleeping, ... |
18 September 2010
07:05 GMT |
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In spite of being heavily researched for years, sleep disorders are still rather mysterious, and researchers are still having a difficult time understanding how they work. Now, newly-published guidelines are bound to make this a lot easier for professionals. The document, which was published by the British Associatio... |
3 September 2010
08:53 GMT |
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Researchers say that getting enough sleep time each night may do more than just allow you to rest for the next day; it may also improve your memory and creativity, as well as help you plan things more clearly and efficiently. For many years, experts have been suggesting that sleep sufficient hours each night, as well... |
18 August 2010
10:22 GMT |
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Due to the stressful environment we all live in, sleep and falling asleep have become a real problem. White noise machines are not a novelty anymore and the sound proofing of the sleeping area is already a common practice. But silence or calm, relaxing sounds are not for everyone and many people leave their computer ... |
11 August 2010
13:01 GMT |
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Sleeping for only four hours per night for an entire week had the same effect on the brains of group of volunteers as acute total sleep deprivation. The finding is a new alert signal for people who get only limited hours of sleep each night. Even short-term exposure to sleep deprivation can have significant consequen... |
10 August 2010
18:01 GMT |
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People who sleep heavily can consider themselves lucky. They generally get better rest than others, even in the most noisy conditions possible. For example, these individuals can get a refreshing nap even if they fly in an airplane where countless small children decide to cry at the same time. They are equally &ldquo... |
10 August 2010
06:04 GMT |
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In a new scientific study, experts propose that vivid dreams which take on a violent turn are actually a clear indicator of the chances a person has of developing brain disorders later on in life. In some cases, it was discovered that the dreams appear up to 50 years earlier, which lends additional credence to the id... |
4 August 2010
03:53 GMT |
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Various forms of cancer are caused by various factors, oncologists have come to realize, which means that correlations may exist in the most unexpected places. For example, a connection may exist between breast cancer and working the night shift, researchers argue in a new paper. They say that women going to sleep in... |
3 August 2010
07:03 GMT |
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Many people who have hectic work schedules lose a lot of sleep over the week, and go to bed later than recommended. They also get up very early, which means that they sleep less than the 6 to 8 hours specialists say the body needs in order to regenerate. But most of these people believe that they can recover this so-... |
2 August 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Regularly sleeping more or less than seven hours a day increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, a new study published in the August 1 edition of the journal SLEEP suggests. The research was carried out by principal investigator Anoop Shankar, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Community Medicine a... |
2 August 2010
05:59 GMT |
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The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is one of the most puzzling medical conditions doctors have ever met. Basically, this is the name experts gave situations in which children simply die in their crib, although to recognizable factors that may have caused their death are ever discovered. Male children were found ... |
2 August 2010
03:46 GMT |
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Famous for movies such as the “Dark Knight” and “Memento,” director Chris Nolan really raised some interest with his latest production, called “Inception.” The film is about the world of dreams, and its possible applications in certain circumstances. Here is an overview of the scie... |
2 August 2010
02:20 GMT |
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Many bird species spend their summers and winters in different places on the planet. There are many reasons for this type of behavior, but the most common is related to temperature variations. Birds remain for instance in temperate areas during the summer, but them fly to warmer areas when winter sets in. In a recent... |
29 July 2010
04:44 GMT |
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In mid-December last year, Kourtney Kardashian gave birth to a baby boy. It was her first child and, as we also reported on several occasions before, though the pregnancy was a surprise, the star did her best to be properly prepared for motherhood. Since then, Kourtney has also started blogging for People magazin... |
30 June 2010
16:31 GMT |
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In a new investigation, it was revealed that as much as 20 percent of all Americans reported feeling either sleepy or drowsy in meetings or conversations. These are situations that are normally cataloged as necessitating a high degree of attention and focus, but citizens in the Unites States and Canada appear to perf... |
9 June 2010
06:32 GMT |
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Living in crowded, heavily-circulated areas can have detrimental effects on people's sleep patterns, a new research revealed. The study shows that airplane noise, and the sounds generated by trains, traffic and sirens, can also impair the neurobehavioral performance that people usually have in the morning. The d... |
8 June 2010
05:41 GMT |
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According to new research presented today at the 24th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC (SLEEP 2010), it would appear that exposing people to intense, very short flashes of light does wonder to improve their nighttime alertness. The work, presented in San Antonia, Texas, highlights the... |
7 June 2010
07:03 GMT |
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In the western world, it's customary for small children, especially of preschool age, to have strict bedtime hours, which their parents enforce. According to a new series of scientific data, it would appear that this habit has numerous advantages for the small ones, including improved reading, language and math ... |
7 June 2010
06:44 GMT |
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Some diseases are difficult enough to detect when they affect adults, but they can be a real pain to identify in children. In pediatric wards in hospitals around the world, kids are admitted daily with conditions or symptoms that do not readily match the description of any disease. The incidence that some disorders h... |
7 June 2010
04:45 GMT |
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Whenever we tackle the issue of losing some weight or shaping up for a special event or just to lead a healthier life, part of us must wish we didn’t have to go through the early stages of accommodation to the changed lifestyle or, at the very least, that things were less difficult. Divorce attorney Suzie Gibbs... |
24 May 2010
16:21 GMT |
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One of the most peculiar medical disorders is undoubtedly the sudden unexpected nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS). People who develop this condition eventually die in their sleep, due to the fact that their heart simply stops. In an interview for Cinemafantastique magazine in 2008, “A Nightmare On Elm Street&rdq... |
8 May 2010
05:01 GMT |
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Whether we believe advertisers or our grandmothers, we’re all prone to do one thing or another in an attempt to lead a healthier life, have a more toned body and keep old age at bay for as long as possible. Some of these “tricks” do hold water, but there are also those that are nothing but myth. Sle... |
20 April 2010
14:41 GMT |
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Researchers at the Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, have recently determined that playing video games before bedtime has only a mild effect on teens' sleeping habits. The team determined that even 50 minutes of playing “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” did not influence the onset of s... |
15 April 2010
17:01 GMT |
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The US National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), has been conducting research into how obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is related to stroke risks in the general population for quite some time. Recently, experts managed to conclude and publish their report, which... |
8 April 2010
09:06 GMT |
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According to a new scientific investigation, which was conducted by experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of California in San Diego (UCSD), it would appear that we have a lot in common with bacteria. A special type of the microorganisms, called cyanobacteria, is known for divi... |
19 March 2010
17:01 GMT |
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The US National Sleep Foundation has recently released the results of a new scientific study it conducted on four different ethnic groups in the United States. Researchers studying sleep had for a long time proposed that snoozing is different between people of various races and ethnic groups, simply because many othe... |
8 March 2010
03:20 GMT |
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Scientists have discovered in a new scientific investigation that older people who tend to nap a lot are at a higher risk of developing type II diabetes. The investigation, which was conducted in China, also showed that excessive sleeping causes impaired fasting glucose. Details of the new study appear in the March 1... |
1 March 2010
08:47 GMT |
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The human body has apparently evolved some fairly ingenious mechanisms to keep itself from being disturbed during sleep. As you know, waking up during the night on account of thirst is not something that happens often. In fact, if people drink enough water before going to bed, this should almost never need to happen.... |
1 March 2010
04:51 GMT |
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For a long time, researchers have been puzzled at how seals rest. The marine creatures are at sea for as much as 8 months non-stop each year, and the short times they actually surface to catch a breath of fresh air are insufficient for even a nap. But now a new investigation may have uncovered the animals' rest ... |
27 February 2010
02:20 GMT |
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Since the early days of science, people have attempted to understand precisely what happens during sleep, and why we need to sleep at all. While the immediate answer would seem to be “to get some rest,” this doesn't hold when looking at the issue from a biological point of view. True enough, over the... |
26 February 2010
08:58 GMT |
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It would appear that the advices many parents give their children, of sleeping for a couple of hours in the afternoon each day, are actually founded in some solid science. According to a new research, napping in the afternoon may be a foolproof way of consolidating memories, and also of clearing your mind of excess i... |
22 February 2010
06:33 GMT |
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Researchers presenting their finds at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), in San Diego, announce that they found sleep deprivation to be contagious. The scientists explained that people losing sleep could influence others in their social network directly. The study fo... |
22 February 2010
04:50 GMT |
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There is no doubt that teenagers today are exposed to many more things keeping them awake than people growing up in the 1990s or before were. Text messages, online chat rooms, streaming video online and other such activities make youngsters of today go to sleep later in the night, sleep less, and generally be more ti... |
17 February 2010
04:00 GMT |
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a very dangerous condition that manifests itself during sleep, through the collapse of superior airways. This causes people to go for several seconds without breathing, which can have devastating consequence on the brain and organs in the long run. In a paper published in the February... |
15 February 2010
06:45 GMT |
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A new investigation has determined that adolescents who sleep less than their peers, or who have a poorer quality of sleep, tend to be involved in significantly more car crashes. Sleepiness behind the wheel is caused directly by these two factors, and it is often considered to be one of the main catalysts of events t... |
15 February 2010
04:53 GMT |
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Severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the several medical conditions that has started receiving a lot of attention over the past few years. A large number of people suffer from one of its several forms, but healthcare experts say that the actual number of patients, most of which are yet unidentified, is a lo... |
1 February 2010
05:05 GMT |
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A new scientific paper proposes a new idea related to sleep health. Researchers behind it write that older adults may experience a decreased need for sleep as they further age, provided that they are otherwise healthy. The investigation has determined that adults tend to need significantly less sleep during average d... |
1 February 2010
02:56 GMT |
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According to investigators at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, the brains of people who are placed under anesthesia tend to exhibit the same type of response to external stimuli as the brains of individuals in deep sleep. If this turns out to be true, a direct consequence would be the... |
28 January 2010
15:01 GMT |
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When exhaustion kicks in, it seems like every morning when the alarm goes off is hell on earth. Even if that’s not the case, it’s a well-known fact that some people are simply not morning persons, therefore have serious problems getting out of bed in the morning and on their way to work. There are ways to... |
28 January 2010
14:21 GMT |
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Researchers investigating our sleep mechanisms have recently determined that periods of lost sleep cannot be made up for at a later date. In a sense, the damage that is done when you force yourself to remain awake for tens of hours continuously cannot be made up for if you sleep 20 hours or more after that. The team ... |
14 January 2010
17:01 GMT |
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Over the years, sleep research has provided scientists with a wealth of knowledge on the processes that go on inside our brains as we rest. One of the most important things going on during sleep is the fact that memories get consolidated, as do the important experiences we underwent the previous day. Now, it would ap... |
13 January 2010
16:01 GMT |
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'Back to Sleep' was an initiative devised by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) some years ago, to make parents aware of the fact that they needed to put their babies to sleep on their backs. This was extremely important, NIH officials said at the time, because it was the only known way to reduce th... |
8 December 2009
05:57 GMT |
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At 64 years of age and an incredibly successful career both home in the UK and abroad, in Hollywood, one could easily assume that up next on Dame Helen Mirren’s agenda was some time off for herself. Quite on the contrary, she reveals in a new interview with the Daily Mail, where she says she can hardly stand th... |
7 December 2009
16:21 GMT |
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A large number of obese men experience the negative side-effects of their condition in the form of sleep apnea – the condition in which the respiratory pathways can become jammed during sleep. This leads to a decrease in their quality of life, and also to long-lasting effects on their brains and general health.... |
4 December 2009
20:01 GMT |
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According to a new scientific research, published in the latest issue of the respected scientific journal Pediatrics, it may be that hyperactive children tend to sleep less every night, on account of their condition. This, in turn, makes their activity levels even higher, which contributes to the ensuing vicious circ... |
30 November 2009
11:06 GMT |
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