Many parents of children with ADHD say their children have more difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep than other children. A new study from Aarhus University in Denmark is backing up that claim. Studies have shown that up to 70 percent of parents of children with ADHD report that the children have difficulty falling asleep…
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Echoing statements posted on the pages of SleepBetter.org more than once, NBC Nightly News last night reported on new guidelines from the American College of Physicians that say cognitive behavioral therapy, not pills, is the best way to treat insomnia. Check out the story below.
The level of salts in the brain plays a critical role in whether we are asleep or awake. This discovery, made by Danish researchers, may be of great importance to research on psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia and convulsive fits from lack of sleep as well as post-anaesthetization confusion. The new study from the University of…
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Falling asleep and waking up are key transitions in everyone’s day, but millions of people have trouble with these transitions. They find it hard to fall asleep or stay asleep at night, and hard to stay awake during the day. Despite decades of research, how these transitions work – the neurobiological mechanics of our circadian…
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A new study found that specific psychological and social work factors were associated with sleep problems. To make it worse, the study indicated that the impact of those work factors may negatively affect sleep for up to two years. The results of the research, which was conducted in Norway, show that quantitative job demands, decision…
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When people sleep in an unfamiliar place for the first time–a hotel room, for example–they often feel as though they haven’t slept as well. Now, researchers have discovered the reason why: under those conditions, one hemisphere of the brain stays more awake to keep watch. “We know that marine animals and some birds show unihemispheric…
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Night owls take note — there’s a new study that says your way of life isn’t the healthiest. Sleep deficits and poor-quality sleep have been linked to obesity and a myriad of health problems, but this study by University of Delaware researcher Freda Patterson and collaborators at the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University and the…
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Australian researchers have found that men who consume diets high in fat are more likely to feel sleepy during the day, to report sleep problems at night, and are also more likely to suffer from sleep apnea. The study, conducted at the University of Adelaide, looked at the association between fatty diets and sleep. The results were based…
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Chocoholics rejoice! New research says your favorite pastime — eating chocolate — can actually help you sleep better. There’s only one catch, and it’s a small one. You have to eat dark chocolate. British researchers found that magnesium, an essential nutrient found in dark chocolate, helps cells keep track of the natural cycles of day…
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A new study supports what parents have been saying for centuries: to avoid getting sick, be sure to get enough sleep. The team, which was led by a University of California San Francisco sleep researcher and included researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, found that people who sleep six hours…
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