Sleep Info

We’ve talked before here at SleepBetter.org (here, here and here) about the benefits of couples sleeping apart, but for many it’s still a rather foreign idea. It turns out, though, that perhaps more couples have separate beds than previously thought. As reported by the CBC (among others) more and more people are realizing that sleeping…
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Think about what you’re like when you haven’t slept well.  Maybe you’re cranky, or moody, or have a short attention span.  It turns out the threshold for those symptoms to cause issues in a relationship is lower than you might think.  In fact, it’s one night. In the research, conducted at the University of California…
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Researchers in Taiwan have discovered that people with sleep apnea are far more likely to develop glaucoma compared to those without the sleep condition. The results of this study, which is the first to calculate the risk of the disease among people with the sleep disorder following diagnosis, is published in this month’s edition of…
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It’s just part of nature.  Some of us are early birds and some of us are night owls.  The problem for the night owl, however, comes when he has a job that requires he wake early in the morning.  So, what’s an owl to do?  New research says there is a solution that works and…
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It seems somewhat intuitive, but in case there was any doubt, new research has proven that kids who have technology in their bedroom get less sleep. The research, conducted in Helsinki, Finland, looked at children aged 10 and 11.  The study started in 2006, when children were asked to complete a questionnaire about their health behaviors….
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For thousands of years, people have blamed many things on the full moon … anything from bad behavior to the tendency to turn into a werewolf.  Now, research is pinning another problem in the big white orb in the sky — poor sleep. Swiss scientists were originally studying the sleep patterns of 33 subjects to…
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Beauty sleep is real. New research commissioned by the cosmetic company Estée Lauder showed that poor sleepers exhibited increased signs of skin aging when compared to good quality sleepers.  The findings were presented earlier this year at the International Investigative Dermatology Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland. The study also found that inadequate sleep patterns were linked to…
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Postcards from Pillow: Old Gross Pillow Gallery As part of one of our recent Postcards from Pillow adoption opportunities, we asked people to send in pictures of their oldest bed pillow. The nastier the better. The would-be Pillow adopters took this to heart, sending us pictures of some truly disgusting pillows. You can see a…
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New research warns that if your baby isn’t in the car, he or she shouldn’t be sleeping in a car seat. A study from Auckland University in New Zealand has found a link between car safety seats and decreased oxygen levels, as babies’ heads slump forward when they fall asleep in the seats. The researchers…
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A new study from the University of California in Berkeley shows a lack of sleep, which is common in anxiety disorders, may play a key role in ramping up the brain regions that contribute to excessive worrying. Neuroscientists have found that sleep deprivation amplifies anticipatory anxiety by firing up the regions of the brain associated…
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