Sleep Info

A research team from Oxford University has learned that going green may help your sleep. The researchers, led by Dr Stuart Peirson from Oxford’s Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute were aiming to understand why exposing mice to bright light caused two very different responses. ‘When we expose mice to light during the night, it causes them to…
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Sleep is often a problem for cancer survivors, leaving them exhausted as they deal with the side effects of the disease and its treatments.  But, a new study may have a solution: yoga. The study, conducted at the University of Rochester Medical Center, is the largest of its kind and will be presented at the…
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Individuals who are chronically sleep-deprived or who work odd hours are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease.  That’s the finding of new research published in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension. Insufficient sleep and circadian rhythm (approximately 24-hour) disturbances both have been associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes but the cause is unclear. To determine the impact…
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Could your mattress be causing the back pain you suffer occasionally or even daily?  It’s very possible.  One solution could be a mattress topper, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves just yet. Given that you spend a large chunk of your day in bed — as much as seven or eight hours if you’re…
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A lot of people trying to get ahead at work spend money and time trying to learn how to be better managers.  Maybe one giant step they should take is get a better night’s sleep, and encourage their employees to do the same. According to a Huffington Post story, a new study in the Journal of…
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A new study found that military service members who reported insomnia symptoms or short sleep duration were less resilient than members who reported healthy sleep hygiene. Several physical and mental variables were evaluated as indices of resilience. These variables were, self-rated general health, lost workdays, deployment, completion of service term, and health care utilization. Long…
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Johns Hopkins researchers say they’ve identified brain cells that are responsible for why delaying bedtime creates chronic sleepiness. The researchers reached their findings by studying fruit flies, whose sleep is remarkably similar to that in people.  In a report on the research published online on May 19, 2016 in Cell, the scientists say they found…
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A psychology professor who specializes in childhood development says the consequences for kids skipping sleep can be dire. George Mason University professor Adam Winsler, along with collaborators from Old Dominion University and Eastern Virginia Medical School, gathered data from the Fairfax County Youth Survey in Virginia. This assessment given to all county students in grades eight,…
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Professional athletes suffer from sleep disorders more frequently than generally thought, but the good news is that the experts say those problems are easily fixed. Published in the Journal of Sports Sciences, a new Finnish study clearly shows for the first time that systematic measures can improve the sleep of professional athletes. The study carried…
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It happens to everyone: You stay up late one night to finish an assignment, and the next day, you’re exhausted. Humans aren’t unique in that; all animals need sleep, and if they don’t get it, they must make it up. The biological term for that pay-the-piper behavior is “sleep homeostasis,” and now, thanks to a…
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