Topic: Sleep in the News

You’ll have to excuse the title of this post.  No one is suggesting that you sleep all day.  However, something to keep in mind is that what you do at 3:00 in the afternoon can affect how well you sleep at night.  The Dallas Morning News this week published a great article that includes a…
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Here’s some news for those who think they can get by on three or four hours of sleep a night for several nights in a row: You may as well be getting no sleep at all.  That’s according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. The study…
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A new study indicates that REM sleep behavior disorder may be a very early indicator that a patient will develop dementia or Parkinson’s Disease as much as 50 years down the road. People with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder often act out their dreams with violent movements, such as punching, which can injure…
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It’s a mystery you may have never thought about: Why does it seem like some people can sleep through just about anything, while others wake up when a feather drops on the floor next to them?  A new article this week from Healthday talks about research that’s trying to answer that question. Dr. Jeffrey Ellenbogen,…
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Here’s a warning for those who get very little sleep during the week but figure they can make it up by sleeping late on Saturday: It just doesn’t work that way. A new study at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine shows that those who accumulate a sleep debt over long periods of time…
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A new study indicates teenagers who log on too frequently could be prone to depression, and the cause of that depression is most likely sleep deprivation. The study, mentioned in an article in the New York Daily News this week, was conducted in China.  It looked at 1,041 teens between 13 and 18 in Guangzhou,…
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There’s new research out that points to seven being the magic number when it comes to sleep. The news was published in multiple outlets, including this story at Yahoo News.  The study, conducted by researchers at West Virginia University’s (WVU) faculty of medicine and published in the journal “Sleep”, says that those who get less…
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We realize the headline of this news item sounds like a horror movie, but don’t worry … the bed bugs aren’t attacking any more than they always have.  They ARE, apparently, multiplying faster.  KPVI-TV in Idaho produced a story recently that notes the common Bed-bug, a wingless reddish brown blood-sucking insect, is in the middle…
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Could the movie “Inception”, a flick where operatives enter a businessman’s dream and try to plant an idea, ever become true? It’s an interesting idea explored in an article this week in the Los Angeles Times. They spoke with Matthew Edlund, an expert on rest, body clocks and sleep. He says it’s a fascinating idea….
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There was a great segment on the CBS Early Show this week with tips on helping parents soothe their children to sleep.  If you missed it, it featured parenting expert Shannon Els.  She gave suggestions on products, books, and strategies primarily aimed at helping children who have been sleepwalking or awakened by nightmares.  The advice…
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