Tag: research
15-09-2009
Children who lead active lives are more likely to fall asleep quicker, get better quality sleep and avoid health issues associated with short sleep duration, according to newly published research. The study from Australia’s Monash University involved...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Active kids get sleep benefits
02-10-2009
New research published this week in the journal Sleep has shown that the negative effects of alcoholism on sleep quality can continue even after long periods of abstinence, underlining the long-term detrimental impacts of the condition.
The study,...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Alcoholism’s sleep impacts continue into sobriety - study
21-04-2010
The average UK adult now goes to bed at 11:41pm, resulting in just five and a half hours of sleep per night. The increasingly late bed-time – up from 10:57pm three years ago – is attributed to long working hours and generally busier lifestyles.The...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Average UK bed-time getting later - study
12-08-2010
Between the birth and the age of two years, babies cause sleep loss totalling an average six months in their parents, according to the results of a study from Silentnight. Of 1000 parents polled in the research, it was found that the average length of...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Babies cost parents 6 months sleep loss
10-02-2010
New research in the US has found that sleep can be ‘banked’ in order to combat upcoming periods of intensive work where sleep can be difficult or scarce. A team at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research tested two groups of volunteers,...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Body can ‘bank’ sleep - research
24-08-2010
New research into the body’s internal ‘clock’, the circadian rhythm that determines sleep cycles and metabolism, has suggested that it may be possible to manipulate the process with a drug, opening up a potential medical treatment of...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Body clock research reveals insomnia potential
26-05-2010
People who have suffered traumatic brain injuries may experience difficulty sleeping due to a reduced capacity to produce the hormone melatonin, according to the results of a new Australian study. Looking at the sleep patterns of twenty-three brain trauma...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Brain trauma causes sleep problems - study
07-06-2010
Jet lag is something that affects most long distance flyers to some degree, and can prove to be one of the most uncomfortable parts of travelling. Caused by travelling to different time-zones, jet lag is the result of the body’s circadian rhythm...
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Read: Combatting Jet Lag
07-12-2009
A US study of college students’ sleeping habits has found that those who were early to bed and early to rise recorded a higher average grade over the course of a year compared to those who regularly stayed up late.Researchers at Hendrix College...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Early to bed students excel - study
14-12-2009
The recession is continuing to be a key factor behind poor sleep quality and insomnia, according to the results of a new investigation in Taiwan. A study of over 4000 people conducted by the Taiwan Society of Sleep Medicine found an average of 21.8% suffered...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Economic worries still keeping people awake
09-10-2009
New research published in the October issue of Sleep has revealed that elderly women have better sleep quality and sleep longer than elderly men, although they largely claim otherwise.
The study, carried out in Rotterdam, involved 956 participants...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Elderly sleep study reveals false expectations
04-05-2010
Concerns over who to vote for in this week’s General Election are keeping many of us in the UK awake, according to the results of a new poll from hotel chain Travelodge. Closely linked to worries about money, which have consistently been one of...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Election worries top sleep poll
03-12-2009
Noise levels in hospital wards across the UK are exceeding acceptable limits and delaying patient recovery by preventing good quality sleep, according to two new studies published this week. The investigations, carried out independently at NHS hospitals...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Hospital noise levels prevent ‘good sleep’
20-01-2010
Human bed warmers are being used at a London hotel as a novel way to help guests get a good night’s sleep. Holiday Inn’s bed warmers, described as ‘walking electric blankets’, are clad in specially-made all-in-one suits and lie...
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Read: Hotel trials human bed warmers
24-09-2009
A major study by researchers at Stanford University in California found that the length of time spent sleeping is directly related to weight and dietary habits, and uncovered the way in which food affects sleep. The fifteen-year investigation, which was...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: How does food affect sleep?
18-09-2009
New research has found that insomnia could be a contributory factor to heart disease and other cardiac complaints, it has been reported this week. The study, by the University of Montreal, looked at the blood pressure of insomnia sufferers and found higher...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Insomnia linked to heart problems – study
10-12-2009
Researchers in Israel have claimed that sleep apnoea strengthens the heart and brain and is not damaging to health as widely believed, according to reports. The study of 600 over-65s reportedly found that sleep apnoea sufferers had less than half the...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Israeli study makes sleep apnoea claim
06-09-2010
Men who suffer from ‘chronic’ insomnia may be at risk of an earlier death than those who manage a regular six or more hours of sleep a night, according to the results of a major US study published this week.The study, from Penn State University’s...
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Read: Male insomnia sufferers at higher risk
26-04-2010
A new study from the prestigious Harvard Medical School has found that napping and dreaming can markedly improve memory. The investigation took 99 participants and asked them to work their way through a computer maze. After the exercise was completed,...
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Read: Memory boosted by napping – study
26-11-2009
A research study at a US university has strengthened the theory that deep sleep is a crucial state for memory formation and strengthening. The investigation at Northwestern University tested twelve participants on a spatial and audio exercise prior to...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Memory test shows deep sleep potential
21-05-2010
A study of newborn babies has found that they have the ability to learn while asleep. The test, jointly carried out by researchers at the University of Florida and Columbia University, was centred around playing beeps to sleeping babies and blowing a...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: New babies ‘sponge up data’ while asleep – study
09-09-2009
Sleep has long been a physiological mystery to scientists with no clearly agreed reason behind the state, however a recently published US academic study may offer some new insights into why sleep exists. The research by Jerome Siegel at the Centre for...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: New study sheds light on science of sleep
15-04-2010
Canadian airline pilots are fatigued to a dangerous level, with the issue being directly responsible in at least 12 crashes that killed 28 people over the last decade, the CBC reported recently. The flight regulations in Canada state that pilots carrying...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Pilot fatigue has deadly outcome
08-09-2010
A major new US study has revealed that people who regularly sleep for less than six hours a night are putting themselves at higher risk of diabetes and heart disease. The research by Warwick Medical School and the State University of New York showed a...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Poor sleep raises diabetes risk – report
22-04-2010
Reading aloud to a wife or girlfriend in bed helps improve relaxation and promote better quality sleep, according to the results of a new relationships survey.The Carte Noire study found that some 70% of English men and 81% of Scottish men regularly read...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Reading to partner helps sleep quality - study
03-11-2009
A financially comfortable retirement has been revealed as one of the keys to a good night’s sleep, according to the results of a large-scale study published in the science journal Sleep this week. The study involved almost 15,000 employees from...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Retirement boosts sleep quality - study
25-01-2010
The condition sleep apnoea, characterised by pauses in breathing during the night, could worsen Type 2 diabetes, according to the results of a new study from the University of Chicago. Researchers found a link between apnoea and glucose control in patients...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Sleep apnoea affects glucose control - study
16-10-2009
New research into obese patients with the disorder sleep apnoea has revealed that changes in lifestyle alone are not enough to combat the condition. The study at Austin Hospital, outside Melbourne, Australia, found that in the cases of twelve patients...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Sleep apnoea needs more than weight loss - report
04-12-2009
A clinical trial in Sweden has found that weight loss effectively reduces sleep apnoea, particularly in severe cases of the condition, reports the British Medical Journal. Researchers at the Karolinska Institute tested 63 participants - all obese men...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Sleep apnoea reduced with diet - study
29-01-2010
Sleep apnoea sufferers who have chronic cough may experience a “significantly impaired” quality of life, says a new report in the European Respiratory Journal. Researchers in England and Australia studied 108 patients that had been referred...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Sleep apnoea revealed by chronic cough - study
07-05-2010
A new study published in the current issue of the journal Sleep has claimed that regularly sleeping shorter or longer than the recommended 6-8 hours a night could prove to significantly increasing the risk of death. The study involved a large set of data...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Sleep duration linked to premature death - study
15-01-2010
New research into the role that sleep plays in forming memory has revealed that the process also occurs in bird species as well as humans, reports Science Daily. The results of a University of Chicago investigation could lead to further understanding...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Sleep memory also occurs in birds - study
21-05-2010
One of the most common problems in getting off to sleep is an over-active mind, perhaps filled with worries, excitement, thoughts about events of the day or perhaps anticipation of the following day. Whatever the reason, when your mind is racing like...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Sleep Tips - Calm your mind
30-10-2009
A new survey has revealed that there is a majority consensus for teaching children the value of a good night’s sleep, in order for them to achieve positive results in education and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
The study, carried out by a team...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Sleep ‘lessons’ required for children – survey
27-05-2010
A new clinical study into the condition of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) has been announced this week, in a bid to increase understanding and treatment of the disorder. Excessive Daytime Sleepiness is a debilitating condition that ranges from a regular...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Study targets Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
14-10-2009
Surgeons who don’t get six hours of sleep per night risk failing their procedures and causing ongoing complications in patients, says new research from Harvard University. The investigation, the results of which appear in the October issue of the...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Surgeons face sleep performance issues – study
15-05-2010
Teenagers who regularly miss out on the required levels of sleep are affecting their daily performance in class and even damaging their cognitive abilities, says a new report. Activities such as working on computers, playing video games and texting on...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Teens missing out on sleep
03-08-2010
A weekend lie-in to ‘recover’ from a busy sleep-deprived working week doesn’t provide the necessary recuperation needed to avoid the after-effects of poor sleep, according to the results of a new US study revealed in the journal Sleep.The...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Weekend lie-ins don’t prevent sleep-loss effects
05-11-2009
While it has long been the bane of workers around the world, the piercing sound of an alarm clock has now been found to have a measurably detrimental effect on health, says a new Japanese study.
The investigation by Japan’s National Institute...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: ‘Shrill’ alarms can cause health issues - study
11-08-2010
A US study into the sleep patterns has found direct neurological differences between heavy and light sleepers, based on the production of brainwaves known as ‘spindles’. The Harvard Medical School research, published in Current Biology, tested...
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Read: ‘Spindles’ determine lightness of sleep - study
21-07-2009
Teenagers taking part in a study to determine links between obesity and sleep deprivation will create "sleep diaries", charting their experiences over a number of weeks. Over 6000 school pupils in the Midlands region will be involved in the...
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Category: Sleep Research
Read: School kids help sleep research
