Category: Parameters

Parameters

Another Reason Why Asthma Worsens at Night

Understanding the mechanisms that influence asthma severity could have important implications for both studying and treating asthma.

Parameters

Extra Sleep Didn’t Improve Work Productivity in Study of Low-Income Workers in India

Further work could attempt to change the sleeping circumstances of low-income workers to see if better sleep quality, not just increased sleep quantity, makes a difference.

Parameters

Healthy Fat Impacted by Change in Diet & Circadian Clock

"In an ideal world, everyone would maintain a normal sleep-wake cycle, and not eat during the wrong hours of the day."

Quality

During COVID Lockdown, Rise in Depression Linked to Lower Sleep Quality

Levels of clinical depression in those surveyed were found to have more than doubled, rising from 14.9% in autumn 2019 to 34.7% in May/June 2020.

Quantity

Students Working or Studying from Home Sleep Later But Not Longer

The team found that students learning remotely in the summer 2020 session went to bed an average of 30 minutes later than pre-pandemic students.

Circadian Rhythms

Statistical Model to Help ID Circadian Rhythm Genes

Scientists hope to fully understand how these genes work together to make one person more productive in the early morning while another thrives in the middle of the night.

Impact During Wake

Novel Sleep Index, Wakefulness May Predict If Critically Ill Patients Are Able to Breathe on Their Own

Critically ill patients are more likely to be successfully weaned from a mechanical ventilator, or...