Topic: Sleep in the News

A new study is pointing to interrupted sleep patterns as one possible cause for migraines.  The research was reported this week to the American Headache Society’s 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting by scientists at Missouri State University’s Center for Biomedical & Life Sciences. Paul L. Dunham, Ph.D. and his team at Missouri State University’s Center for…
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A new study conducted in India claims it has one cause of sleep disorders among youngsters: Puberty. And, it says, those sleep disorders may be leading many of these soon-to-be-adults to use alcohol as a way to get to sleep at night. The study, conducted at University Nijmegen, indicates that during puberty, teens may suffer…
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Here at SleepBetter, we don’t normally cover the technology world, but this was too good to pass up.  Who among us hasn’t yelled, moaned, or cursed at our alarm clock when it’s blaring at us first thing in the morning?  Well, if you’re one of the many, many iPhone or iPod Touch users out there,…
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There’s a lot of insomnia news this week.  In a previous article here on SleepBetter, we discussed possible differences in the brains of people with insomnia.  The sleep disorder occurs in about 10% of the population, and many times the cause can’t be pinpointed.  Researchers at Emory University, however, say they may have found a…
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Researchers have always known there was something different about people with chronic insomnia.  A new study sheds some light on what that “something” might be.  Dutch scientist Ellemarije Altena at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences studied a group of older adults, some of whom suffered from…
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A new study indicates that starting school a little later could reduce the number of car crashes involving teenagers.  The study, presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Sleep Societies and reported on in HealthDay, was conducted by the Division of Sleep Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk,…
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This isn’t a “contest” that you want to win.  According to research presented at this week’s annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, 20% of Americans report experiencing moderate to excessive sleepiness during the daytime hours.  That compares to 15% in Europe. Eleven percent of the Americans being studied reported severe sleepiness, which was…
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Researchers will present today (Monday, June 7, 2010) on new research that addresses the value of a regular bedtime for children.  The research from SRI International indicates that children with a regular bedtime perform better in school on language, math, reading assessments. The study, which looked at the sleeping habits of 8,000 four-year-olds, is due…
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An interesting study on the consequences of sleeplessness is published this month in the journal Child Development.  According to the research, conducted at Auburn University, poor children and african-american children suffer greater emotional consequences from lack of sleep than do white and middle-class kids. According to the blog al.com, published by the Birmingham News: [The…
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A new survey indicates Americans want their doctors to have more time to sleep.  The survey was published in the online journal BMC Medicine.  It found that 90% of Americans believe the maximum shift duration should be 16 hours. Current standards allow for 30-hour shifts up to two times a week.  Most individuals surveyed (85%)…
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