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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
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...
Tags: sleep research, circadian rhythm, body clock, sleep disorder, insomnia
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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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Combatting Jet Lag
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
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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Category: Sleep Research
Read: Memory boosted by napping – study
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Category: Sleep Research
Read: ‘Spindles’ determine lightness of sleep - study
