There are so many good reasons to try to ensure that your child gets enough sleep that it’s not possible to list them all here. But, does your child get enough rest? “If we make sure our children get enough sleep, it can help protect them from mental health problems,” says Bror M. Ranum, a…
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Despite increasing awareness of how critical sleep is to our health, getting a good night’s rest remains increasingly difficult in a world that’s always “on” — responding to emails at all hours, news cycles that change with every tweet and staring endlessly into the blue light of cell phone, tablet and computers screens. It’s become…
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It’s a difficult time for some teenagers. Schools being closed across the country due to COVID-19 social isolation is a reason for some of them to celebrate. But, for some, not having the social time that comes with school and other activities can lead to depression. Now, a new study shows that bad sleep habits…
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A new survey says that we’re tired more than 40% of each week and the only thing we do to fix the problem is to try to wake up. The National Sleep Foundation’s (NSF) annual Sleep in America poll shows Americans feel sleepy on average three times a week, with 62% trying to “shake it…
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Disrupted and poor quality sleep in the earliest months of a child’s life can be an indicator of depression, anxiety and behavioral problems among toddlers, according to a new study. Researchers at the Institute for Mental Health at the University of Birmingham, in collaboration with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki, found…
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A new global survey is giving us a very interesting snapshot about why we’re not sleeping well, and what we’re doing about it. The fifth annual survey from Phillips USA asked sleep-related questions to more than 13,000 people in 13 countries to capture attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors around sleep. This year’s results show global sleep…
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Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve efficiencies and precision in sleep medicine, resulting in more patient-centered care and better outcomes, according to a new position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The statement was developed by the AASM’s Artificial Intelligence in Sleep Medicine Committee, and says the electrophysiological data collected during polysomnography — the…
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The United States and other countries “spring forward” to begin Daylight Saving Time on March 8, and a new survey tries to show just how that time change impacts the average person. The start of daylight saving time means many will lose an hour of sleep – and 55% of Americans report feeling tired after…
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People have been trying to learn while sleeping for decades, but according to new research, it might have been more effective if they were also smelling the right smells. The supportive effect of smells on learning success when presented both during learning and sleep was first proven in an extensive sleep laboratory study. Researchers at…
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A new study found that later school start times were associated with a significant drop in vehicle accidents involving teen drivers. Researchers analyzed motor vehicle accident statistics involving adolescents in Fairfax County, Virginia, for two school years before and after the implementation of later school start times. Results show that the crash rate in 16-to-18-year-old…
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