Sleep Info

New research from the UK has resulted in some extremely specific directions for how to get the best sleep. The survey of 1,000 people found that in the winter months, people sleep an average of six hours and 15 minutes, 40 minutes less than in the summer, while more than half complained of “cold and discomfort” in…
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If you told your college student that a cookie and a nap would help improve grades, do you think you’ll get any arguments? A new study suggests that receiving rewards as you learn can help cement new facts and skills in your memory, particularly when combined with a daytime nap. The findings from the University of…
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It’s been said many times that modern humans don’t sleep nearly enough, and it’s also been said that technology is the reason.  Modern conveniences from the television and smartphones to simple things like the light bulb have conspired to keep us up later and later at night, when our ancestors would have been asleep for…
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At the flip of a switch, University of California, Berkeley, neuroscientists can send a sleeping mouse into dreamland. The researchers inserted an optogenetic switch into a group of nerve cells located in the ancient part of the brain called the medulla, allowing them to activate or inactivate the neurons with laser light. When the neurons…
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Millions of women may likely be sleep-deprived. It’s already a known fact that women are more predisposed to insomnia than men. Now a new study presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) earlier this month suggests that perimenopausal women have an even greater risk for developing insomnia. Considering that…
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Risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and the development of subsequent cardiovascular (CV) complications differ by sex, but new research is indicating that it may differ more than we thought. To evaluate whether sex-based differences exist in the relationship between OSA and CV disease, researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) evaluated the links…
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We’ve said before that sleep paralysis is the scariest sleep disorder, and a new documentary is out to prove it. Individuals who experience sleep paralysis feel like they’ve awakened from sleep, but are unable to move or speak.  In many cases, the paralysis is accompanied by terrifying hallucinations.  It’s a sleep disorder that was largely…
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New research indicates that there are vast differences in overall sleep quantity around the U.S. The research, conducted by the University of Arizona, asked 432,000 people across the country, “During the past 30 days, for about how many days have you felt you did not get enough rest or sleep?” Those who cited poor sleep on…
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Staying up late to play one more video game or watch one more show on Netflix may lead to your teen packing on the pounds, according to a new study published this week. The study, conducted at the University of California Berkeley and published in the journal Sleep, looked at more than 3,300 teens and young adults…
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The standard treatment for sleep apnea, a condition that causes breathing to be briefly but repeatedly interrupted throughout sleep, is currently a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine.  The problem is that the machines are bulky and can be uncomfortable.  Scientists now say that for many, an implantable device can provide the needed relief. The treatment,…
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