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According to the conclusions of a new study conducted by investigators at the Brigham Young University, it would appear that 7 hours of sleep per night is the optimal duration for teenagers.
This finding runs contradictory to federally imposed sleep guidelines for this segment of the population, which calls for abo... |
14 February 2012
09:43 GMT |
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Putting infants and toddlers to sleep during the day may contribute to decreasing their risks of suffering from mood-related disorders later on, the conclusions of a new study show. The paper proves that the young brain is working heavily on self-control during these brief naps.
Unfortunately, scientists say, the c... |
5 January 2012
05:59 GMT |
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A whopping 40 percent of all police officers suffer from a sleeping disorder, while 46 percent of them admitted to falling asleep or nodding off behind the wheel. What is even worse is that the vast majority of such cases were not properly diagnosed or treated, a new study learned.
Sleep disorders may put a huge st... |
21 December 2011
08:10 GMT |
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Kansas Wesleyan University psychologists, led by Steve Hoekstra, determined that people's dreams reflect the racial distribution of individuals they meet in real life. Likewise, we are more likely to dream about people we share a racial group with than others.
However, there are some instances in which that is... |
16 December 2011
10:34 GMT |
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Growing older doesn't mean looking less good. This would be, in a few words, Liz Hurley's philosophy of life. It's also what enables the 46-year-old model and actress able to still rock a swimsuit, which she does in the latest issue of Zest magazine. She's always had quite a reputation for being a... |
12 December 2011
15:21 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study conducted by experts at the University of Minnesota (UM), it would appear that people who are allowed to be flexible at the workplace sleep better, and are overall healthier and more productive, than peers who don't have this luxury.
The findings were made... |
8 December 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Taking drugs that promote sleep or drinking alcohol are not good ways of handling insomnia. They are referred to among professionals as safety behaviors, and do not take care of the root cause of the condition. A Canadian research team says that therapy is the best approach to treating insomnia.
The work was carried... |
1 December 2011
10:50 GMT |
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The conclusions of a new scientific study appear to indicate that dreams and sleep are useful for removing painful memories, or at least making them easier to withstand and manage. From this perspective, it's not necessarily time that heals all wounds.
Investigators from the University of California in Berkele... |
24 November 2011
08:01 GMT |
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Investigators at the Oregon State University discovered in a new study that as few as 150 minutes of training or physical exercises per week – the equivalent of two and a half hours – is sufficient to improve sleep quality and daytime alertness.
The study was carried out on a representative population s... |
23 November 2011
09:57 GMT |
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For years, scientists have been urging people to sleep or snooze at will, saying that this helps improve memory. However, a new study shows that the positive correlation does not hold true for seniors.
The exact reason why this happens has not yet been clearly established, but scientists behind the new work say tha... |
14 November 2011
14:11 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine argues that individuals who are heartbroken or lonely may experience impaired sleep, as well as significant effects on their physical and mental health. The findings are useful for professionals who are trying to address these issues.
Loneliness d... |
3 November 2011
07:35 GMT |
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Scientists at the Munich, Germany-based Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (MPIP) say that the human brain shows the same activation patterns in motor control regions when we sleep and dream as we do when we are awake.
This may be one of the main reasons why certain dreams may appear too real to many. If people env... |
28 October 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Investigators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) say that their latest study indicates the brains of teens may be permanently barred from growing new synapses if the adolescents do not sleep enough each night. In other words, their brain development ceases if they owe too many so-called sleep debts. The res... |
11 October 2011
10:58 GMT |
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Experts with the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (WUSM) were recently able to identify a new marker for Alzheimer's disease. The interesting thing about it is that it soars and dips inside the spinal fluid in patterns eerily similar to the body's sleep cycle.
This daily repetition o... |
27 September 2011
09:42 GMT |
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According to the results of a new scientific investigation, screening children for sleep problems during their first year of school represents a very effective way of discovering these conditions in the young population. The disorders could then be treated in time, before they get any worse. The main idea behind the ... |
6 September 2011
06:00 GMT |
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People who have been professionally diagnosed with REM sleep behavior disorders are at a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease later in life. These conclusions belong to a new European study.Experts at the IDIBAPS (Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer), in Spain, say tha... |
1 August 2011
11:03 GMT |
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A new research conducted on the effects of television on the minds of young children has demonstrated that being exposed to TV before bedtime can be linked to disrupted sleep patterns, as well as diminished sleep quality in the young ones. Violent TV shows and movies were found to have the most severe influence, rese... |
28 June 2011
03:02 GMT |
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New studies are showing that constant fighting and bickering within a couple can lead to enduring physical and mental effects. Day-to-day conflicts can severely affect the health of one or both partners in the long term, investigators say.Thus far, the most relevant studies on the issue have only been conducted on th... |
20 June 2011
08:52 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific investigation, it would appear that it is possible to treat insomnia naturally and effectively by simply using cold. Patients with primary insomnia can get a good night's sleep if they simply wear a cap that cools the brain when they go to bed.The finding was pres... |
14 June 2011
03:50 GMT |
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She may be 41 but, for some of her fans, she will always be Rollergirl from the 1997 hit film “Boogie Nights.” She certainly hasn’t changed that much; now, Heather Graham says her biggest beauty secret is sleep. People magazine recently caught up with the actress and asked her what she did to keep l... |
3 June 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Though the direction of the correlation could not be established, a new study demonstrated recently that aggressive and bullying behavior in kids is related to the amount and quality of sleep they get nightly.At this point, the researchers behind the work cannot say whether the loss of sleep is causing a more prone t... |
3 June 2011
03:03 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new, small-scale scientific study, it would appear that toddlers who lose sleep during the early years of their lives are more prone to becoming obese later in life. The risk was found to be proportional to the amount of lost sleep, experts say. The study was carried out for several ... |
30 May 2011
04:14 GMT |
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Mission planners at all the five space agencies involved in controlling the International Space Station (ISS) are currently juggling with the sleep schedules of all 9 astronauts left on the orbital lab. The most difficult task is achieving the perfect balance between getting enough rest and not wasting time. In low-E... |
24 May 2011
05:18 GMT |
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For centuries, popular wisdom had it that infants tend to wake up taller than they were when they went to bed. Now, scientific studies finally confirm the old saying, providing the first verifiable clues to certify this connection.Apparently, the two are tied together in all aspects, researchers say, after conducting... |
2 May 2011
10:16 GMT |
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Teenagers are one of the most at-risk populations for experiencing sleep deprivation. They sleep less, on average, than adults, even during periods where sleep is essential for a proper development of the mind and body. A new study now shows that teens who stay up late sleep even less.This happens primarily because t... |
2 May 2011
09:23 GMT |
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The reason why we experience “what was I thinking?”-type moments is the fact that portions of the brain literally go for a nap at times, logging off and leaving no one behind the wheel. This is the conclusion of a new study that investigated this common behavior in rat models. The rodents offer a good ana... |
29 April 2011
10:26 GMT |
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According to a new research, people who want to lose weight may be more successful in their attempt if they also applied methods of relieving stress. Getting sufficient sleep each night, between 6 and 8 hours, has also been demonstrated to have an impact on weight loss. In the study, experts analyzed test subjects wh... |
1 April 2011
10:03 GMT |
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A group of Danish investigators from the University of Copenhagen announce that analysis of sleep cycle patterns could easily reveal the earliest symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, in people who are at risk of developing this form of dementia. The group studied a series of conditions known as REM (rapid-eye movem... |
29 March 2011
10:03 GMT |
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People who do not get enough sleep each night are at increased risk of suffering from short-term euphoria, impaired decision-making abilities and an urge to engage in risky behaviors, experts say. The new work, which was carried out by experts at the Harvard Medical School and the University of California in Berkeley... |
28 March 2011
03:20 GMT |
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Sleep researchers at the University of California in Berkeley (UCB) say they may have found an explanation for why people's brains tend to remain in a light, restless type of activity during a large portion of the time they are asleep, rather than going into REM.The rapid-eye-movements (REM) stage is considered ... |
9 March 2011
10:47 GMT |
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The US National Sleep Foundation (NSF) released the results of its latest poll on sleeping habits in America today, March 7, and the results are worse than experts anticipated. A vast portion of the general population gets less sleep than needed, and nearly all use technology before bed. For years, sleep experts have... |
7 March 2011
04:22 GMT |
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In a new investigation, scientists have discovered that a type of brain signal is active in the sleeping brain even when it should not be. Alpha waves are usually associated with staying awake, and researchers believe that their presence in the sleeping brain may in fact be hindering sleep.
The fact that alpha wav... |
5 March 2011
05:20 GMT |
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A new investigation shows that children who suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be at even higher risk than their peers to experience negative symptoms from not getting enough sleep every night. While losing sleep hours has been proven to be detrimental for all age group, those with ADHD m... |
4 March 2011
09:47 GMT |
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Scientists now believe that memories can be protected more easily from interferences by reactivating them during sleep. For example, if you want to remember a song, you could listen to it while awake, and then someone would play it back to you during sleep. This would ensure the memory is firm.Investigations have dem... |
25 January 2011
16:01 GMT |
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We sleep to rest and regain our strength, and the benefits of a good night's sleep seems obvious, but what is it about sleep that improves our brain performance, at the cellular levels, that's an old debate to which a new study tried to put an end.The opinions are divided into two camps: one believes that s... |
11 January 2011
10:21 GMT |
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In movies, before starting surgery, doctors' typical line is to ask anesthesiologists to 'put the patient to sleep', but actually, general anesthesia has nothing to do with sleep, being much closer to a state of coma.Luckily, a new review article appearing in the December 30 issue of New England Journa... |
30 December 2010
06:52 GMT |
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We often hear jokes – or even more serious remarks – about how one needs to get one’s “beauty sleep,” meaning a minimum of 8 hours of sleep a night. A recent study gives some credibility to the myth. Which, at the end of the day, may not even be a myth after all. Swedish researchers have... |
15 December 2010
15:31 GMT |
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The duration of a surgery and the amount of blood loss are increasing surgeons' stress level, while night shifts are linked to reduced stress arousal scores, a small study on Japanese surgeons suggests.The study was carried out by Koji Yamaguchi, MD, PhD, and colleagues at University of Occupational and Environm... |
16 November 2010
06:12 GMT |
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Scientists knew that sleep makes memories stronger, by fixating them in the brain and allowing an easy access later on, but a new research found out the reason why we sleep almost a third of our lives, and why do our bodies need so much sleep.Jessica D. Payne of the University of Notre Dame, and Elizabeth A. Kensinge... |
13 November 2010
04:55 GMT |
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According to a new set of investigations, it would appear that people who have a variant of certain genes expressed more than in the general population tend to sleep more than individuals in which this gene is less strongly expressed. In other words, it would appear that indeed some people are hard-wired to sleep mor... |
8 November 2010
03:37 GMT |
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A group of scientists has just published the first systematic review of the genetic changes that take place in the brains of people who suffer from persisting sleep deprivation, and the results are very interesting.The work has already received praise for its potential in helping improve the understanding and managem... |
3 November 2010
11:53 GMT |
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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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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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