Sleep in the News
The Sleepiest Professions
Recent findings from the National Health Interview Survey show which professions may leave you the most exhausted. The top five include: 1) Home Health Aids: bringing in an average of six hours and 57 minutes of sleep 2) Lawyers: 7 hour average 3) Police Officers: 7 hours and 1 minute average 4) Physicians & Paramedics: [...]
Daylight Savings Time Disrupts Productivity at Work
It is common knowledge that the switch to daylight savings time disrupts people’s sleep patterns, but a new study shows how this change in time affects worker productivity. In a study conducted at Penn State University, it was found that many people slack off at work as a result of the ‘spring forward.’ Researchers found [...]
Help for Spring Break Jetlag
For many, spring break is either more than half over or about to begin, and for a number of us spring break means travel. One thing that is almost unavoidable when flying on long trips is jet lag. Jet lag is essentially your body’s response to a disruption of its circadian rhythm, or sleep cycle. [...]
It’s Brain Awareness Week, So Rest Your Brain
Did you know this week is Brain Awareness Week? Now you do! In honor of this week, an online brain traning company called ‘Luminosity’ has conducted research on some of the best and worst things for brain health. Sleep, of course, took the top spot. Researchers tested subjects using math problems, online tests of memory, [...]
More Birthdays = Better Sleep
Most people assume that as you get older, your sleep quality goes down. A new study, however, is disputing that thought. Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania originally began their work trying to prove that there was some connection between aging and reoccurring sleep problems, but in the end they [...]
New Implants to Treat Extreme Sleep Apnea
A new procedure takes new measures to put an end to the illusive problem of sleep apnea, especially for reoccurring and extreme cases. The procedure involves a probe which is inserted into the tongue. Each time the probe sense that you are snoring it shocks you, to make you aware of the snoring so you can wake [...]
Police Officers Overwhelmingly Tired
Try to be nice to the next police officer who pulls you over for speeding. He or she is probably very tired. A new study indicates that police officers may be the sleepiest workers in our society. The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests that 40-percent of police officers have [...]
Loneliness Can Lead to Interrupted Sleep
It wouldn’t be surprising to hear that loneliness can cause trouble falling asleep. However, a new study reveals that it can also wake you in the middle of the night. The research, released by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, shows that loneliness can cause multiple night wakings. During the study, nearly 100 adults wore [...]
Study: Seven Hours of Sleep Optimal for Teens
While most would say that nine hours per night is the optimal amount of sleep for teens, a new study refutes this idea … saying that seven hours is actually the appropriate amount of time. The research from Brigham Young University claims that students age 16 to 18 perform better academically with seven hours of [...]
Lack of Sleep Leads to Diabetes Diagnosis
A recent study out of Japan shows that diabetes may be linked to sleep patterns. Researchers found that people who get five or fewer hours of sleep per night are more than five times more likely to get diabetes than people who get seven or more hours of sleep per night. The research team tracked [...]