What Is Short Sleep Syndrome?
A rare condition causes a lucky few to only need 6 hours of sleep a night, reports Business Insider Australia.
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LatestChildren’s Mental Health Could Be Affected By Sleep Duration
Depression, anxiety, impulsive behavior, and poor cognitive performance in children is affected by the amount of sleep they have, researchers from the University of Warwick have found. Sleep states are active processes that...
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Sleep Debt Can Result in Lasting Brain Injury
For the chronically sleep-deprived such as shift workers, students, or truckers, a common strategy...
Many Critical Workers in US Suffering Sleep Deprivation
More than one-third of working Americans don’t get enough sleep, and the problem is greatest among the police, the military, health care workers and truckers, researchers report. Their analysis of data from...
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New Research in Children: MicroRNAs in Blood Linked with Sleep Duration
A simple blood test could provide a reliable metric to tell if children are sleeping enough,...
Read MoreShort or Long Sleep Associated with Pulmonary Fibrosis
Scientists have discovered that people who regularly sleep for more than 11 hours or less than 4 hours are more likely to have pulmonary fibrosis compared to those who sleep for 7 hours in a day. The study also reveals...
Read MoreHow Does Missed Sleep Affect Appetite?
Sleep deprivation can make you eat more, new research shows. Studies have shown that total sleep deprivation can trigger a reward system in the brain in response to food stimuli. But until recently researchers didn’t know...
Read MoreDepression and Sleep Deprivation: Links and Treatment
Sleep loss might contribute to neurochemical changes in the brain, which can result in depression, according to new research. According to an article in the journal BMC Psychiatry, lack of sleep or poor quality sleep...
Read MoreSleep More Than 9 Hours? Your Stroke Risk May Be Higher
People who take long naps during the day or sleep 9 or more hours at night may have an increased risk of stroke. This is according to a study published in the December 11, 2019, online issue of Neurology, the medical...
Read MoreNapping Has Been Redeemed by Health Experts, But Don’t Overdo It
Despite the health benefits of napping, researchers have found a nap should not be too long, reports CBC. For older adults, naps over 90 minutes are not good — it’s excessive napping, says Dr. Atul...
Read MoreThe Presidential Candidates’ Sleep Habits
Everyone benefits from a good night’s sleep, including presidential candidates. Yet according to a video series published by the New York Times in June 2019, many of the 2020 Democratic presidential...
Read MoreNew Airplane Seat Design Will Make It Easier to Sleep in Economy
Who hasn’t struggled to sleep on an airplane economy seat, forced to improvise a makeshift pillow out of a rolled up sweater or scarf? A new seat design comes with an innovative solution to this inflight issue, using...
Read MoreCan Toddlers Nap Too Long? Pediatricians Explain Their Sleep Schedule
Romper interviews pediatricians about healthy nap schedules for toddlers. Dr. Danelle Fisher, pediatrician and vice chair of pediatrics at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California, answers with a...
Read MoreCall for Action as Exhausted Doctors Risk Death on Road
In Scotland, a leading clinician is calling for more to be done to help medical staff take “power naps” during long shifts to cut down the danger of them having an accident on the way home, reports The Scotsman.This...
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Sleep Deprivation Triples Number of Lapses in Attention
Published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, research from Michigan State...
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A Small Increase in Sleep Duration Can Make a Big Difference in Blood Pressure for College Students
College life can be rigorous and exhausting, but new research suggests that just one extra hour of...
Read MoreUp Early or Lying in: Why We Need Different Amounts of Sleep
A podcast produced by The Guardian covers the science of sleeping behaviors. Requiring minimal amounts of sleep is sometimes seen as a badge of honor. But for many of us, being able to actually function is a...
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88% of US Adults Lose Sleep Due to Binge-watching
US adults rank sleep as their second most important priority, following family, according to a new...
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