Young adults who spend a lot of time on social media during the day or check it frequently throughout the week are more likely to suffer sleep disturbances than their peers who use social media less. Published in the journal Preventive Medicine, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study indicates that physicians should consider asking…
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The best policy when it comes to sleep is consistency. Go to bed around the same time every night, and get up at around the same time every morning. However, if that’s not possible, a new study has determined that using the weekend to catch up is beneficial in reducing at least one risk of…
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A new study found that eating less fiber, more saturated fat and more sugar is associated with lighter, less restorative, and more disrupted sleep. Results show that greater fiber intake predicted more time spent in the stage of deep, slow wave sleep. In contrast, a higher percentage of energy from saturated fat predicted less slow…
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Nearly everyone knows an older person who is always up at the crack of dawn. New research is shedding some light on why the people tend to become early birds as they get older. Examination of thousands of genes from nearly 150 human brains shows the circadian rhythm of gene activity changes with aging, according…
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Many doctors will ask about quality of sleep when children have problems at school, but new research shows it’s just as important to pay attention to how high achievers are sleeping. A study published in the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology suggests doctors and parents should pay attention to snoring, labored breathing and other symptoms of…
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A new study has revealed some of the underlying mechanisms that may increase the risk of heart disease in people with sleep apnea. The study also found that statins — the cholesterol-lowering medications commonly prescribed to combat heart disease — may help reverse this process. The study was conducted at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC)…
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In the first study of its kind, a team of international scientists have identified a dozen inherited traits related to sleep, wake, and activity cycles that are associated with severe bipolar disorder. The researchers, who were from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and UCLA, also were able to tie the traits to specific chromosomes, providing…
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Weight loss due to dietary changes can improve sleepiness at any weight, says a study published by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania this month in the journal Sleep. The findings offer new insights into how weight fluctuations impact numerous aspects of sleep independent of body weight. Previous studies…
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Do you still have some leftover holiday ham or turkey that calls you from the refrigerator late at night? Those midnight munchies could be damaging your memory. While an occasional late-night refrigerator raid might be harmless, new research with mice suggests that making a habit of it could alter brain physiology. Eating at times normally…
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The closest relative of humans, the chimpanzee, averages eleven-and-a-half hours of sleep per day. Meanwhile, many other mammals need a good bit more. Why is it that we only need seven or eight hours per night? Researchers from Duke University scoured the scientific literature and compiled a database of slumber patterns across hundreds of mammals —…
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