Sleep Info

You may have seen a recent article on this site that warned about over-exposure to blue light before bedtime.  The reason is that blue light signals your body that it’s time to wake up.  In scientific terms, it shuts down the body’s production of melatonin, the substance in the body that tells us it’s time…
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Researchers continue to find new ways that sleep deprivation is dangerous to not only the person who isn’t getting enough sleep, but also to those around him or her.  Various studies have shown that those who get the proper amount of sleep live longer and are healthier in general.  Newer research is looking at the…
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A fascinating new sleep study is reported today at PsychCentral.com, that looked into exactly what is affected by sleep deprivation.  Researchers from Washington State University say they found that working memory, an executive function of the brain, was NOT affected by up to 51 hours of sleep deprivation.  What they did find was impaired was…
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Teenager Louisa Ball could understandably be mistaken for one of Disney’s princesses, but it’s not just because she’s blond and pretty. Louisa has Kleine-Levin Syndrome, also known as “Sleeping Beauty Sickness”.  The rare disease causes its victims to sleep for extremely long periods of time, during which they cannot be awakened.  Louisa’s longest sleep stretch…
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What on Earth does sleep have to do with your love life?  Quite a bit, actually.  In fact, they go together like PB&J!  With Valentine’s Day almost upon us, SleepBetter is turning its thoughts toward love.  The recent My Sleepy Valentine Survey addressed the issue, finding that more than 80% of us believe good sleep…
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There’s a great article this week in the San Jose Mercury News about how school systems are now realizing that one of the reasons teenagers seem to walk around in a daze all the time is that they don’t sleep near enough.  Teenagers need more sleep than adults, possibly because of  the changes going on…
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Doctors and researchers are still trying to figure out one of the most natural human activities — sleep.  As they’re learning more and more about how children sleep, they may be finding more things that are keeping them from sleeping properly.  KABC-TV in Los Angeles explored some of these issues in a recent story, including…
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SleepBetter.org Releases My Sleepy Valentine Survey Attention romantics: you might want to rethink the candlelit dinner and dozen roses this Valentine’s Day. Thirty-five percent of Americans in a relationship say that February 14 is “just another day,” with one in five choosing a good night’s sleep as the ideal present. But not so fast. Does…
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Oh, the lengths some people will do to stay alert all day… The guy at the left is Matt Keiser.  He’s holding his invention – Perky Jerky.  It’s caffeine-infused beef jerky.  Matt was profiled in today’s NY Daily News: “This is a great combination,” said Keiser, who founded the company with his ski partner, Brian…
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Scientists in England are dismissing a host of problems that some people have claimed is due to wind turbines being used to generate electricity, but they are conceding that the sound from the turbines is causing sleep issues among some people. According to a story in today’s Telegraph, researchers looking into the matter say there’s…
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