Category: Demographics

Demographics

Uptick in More Expensive Mattress Purchases During Pandemic, Finds Gold Bond Mattress Co

Gold Bond Mattress reports a 23% uptick in sales of its high-end products over the last few months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Demographics

Why You Should Choose Sleep Over Work

The idea that sleeping less to work more will somehow make you more productive is as logical as the notion that not stopping for gas will help you arrive at your destination faster, reports Harvard Business Review.

Demographics

Study Shows Fitbit Heart Rate-Tracking Devices Accurately Track Light, REM, and Deep Sleep Stages

Fitbit has validated the ability of wrist-worn trackers that incorporate movement and cardiac sensors, like Fitbit Alta HR, Fitbit Blaze, and Fitbit Charge 2, to accurately determine light, deep, and REM sleep stages. The...

Age

Is Risk of Alzheimer’s Linked to Specific Sleep Patterns?

People with twice the genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease were 1% more likely to call themselves "morning people."

Sex

Ambien Dosage for Women Adjusted in 2013, But Sex Bias in Drug Trials Persists to This Day

New findings confirm the persistence of a drug dose gender gap stemming from a historic disregard of the biological differences between male and female bodies.

Race/Ethnicity

Low Respiratory Arousal Threshold in African Americans with OSA Offers Clues to CPAP Nonadherence

New data shows that over 60% of African American patients evaluated for obstructive sleep apnea have a low respiratory arousal threshold, compared to 30% to 50% in other populations.

Relationship Status

The Science of Sleep: How Sharing Your Dreams Could Help to Improve Your Relationships

Research suggests that sharing your dreams can help to improve relationship intimacy.

Career

Just 16 Minutes of Sleep Loss Can Harm Work Concentration the Next Day

Poor sleep may inhibit judgment and lead to off-task and distracting thoughts at work. Making sleep a priority can improve cognitive performance at work, research has shown.

Socioeconomic

COVID-19 Has Interrupted the American Sleep Schedule. Is That a Good Thing?

Within careful limits adhering to social distancing, many of us can further naturally synchronize our sleep with sunlight, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer. We can find ways to exercise outside without being within six feet of...

Regional

At the Dawn of Our Species, Humans Made Beds

These beds, consisting of sheaves of grass of the broad-leafed Panicoideae subfamily were placed near the back of the cave on ash layers.