Top 10 Sleepiest Moments of 2013
- Posted: December 19, 2013
- Filed under: Sleep in the News
A new survey indicates that Americans are still trying to do it all, and sleep is one thing that falls by the wayside. The study, commissioned by a pharmaceutical firm, compiled data from 1,000 people across the United States via a telephone survey. According to the findings, 71 percent of survey participants do not get appropriate…
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It seems at least one part of the world is getting the message. According to a new survey, two-thirds of Britons are prioritizing sleep over staying out late with friends. The survey, conducted by a company that makes industrial manipulation tools, asked more than 2,000 people in Britain who were between the ages of 18…
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An interesting new study ties the sleep habits of teenagers and their friends. Essentially, if a teen’s friends don’t sleep enough, the teen probably doesn’t either. Researchers from the University of Cincinnati studied a group of 1,000 teens aged 12 to 15 from the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, which logged their physical, cognitive…
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There have been multiple studies recently that focus on sleep and its relationship to weight and weight gain, but a new one is providing a new nugget of information: that a consistent sleep schedule could be key to maintaining a healthy weight. The study, conducted at Brigham Young University, was published online in the November issue of…
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Researchers in Rhode Island say they’ve found a direct link between lack of sleep in teenagers and increased risk of illnesses like colds, flu, and gastroenteritis. The study, conducted at Bradley Hospital, compared three outcomes between longer and shorter sleepers: number of illness bouts, illness duration, and school absences related to illness. The team found that bouts…
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It’s not unusual for many people to leave a light or even the television turned on while they sleep. New research has uncovered information that should discourage that practice. Researchers from the Samsung Medical Center of Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea, had 10 healthy people sleep for two nights while machines assessed changes…
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Recent legislation is moving the U.S. government a step closer to new regulations for truckers with sleep disorders like sleep apnea. The new rules, which may force trucking companies to include sleep apnea in its list of issues to check for, could cost the industry one billion dollars in lost revenues due to the loss…
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A new study suggests that part of the solution to the childhood obesity epidemic in the U.S. may be kids sleeping more. That doesn’t mean sleep is the answer to the U.S. obesity epidemic, but it might be one part of the solution, according to study author Chantelle Hart, an associate professor of public health…
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According to new research, older adults who don’t sleep well have more of the brain plaques that are hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease. The scientists who conducted the study at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore said past studies have found sleep quality is related to thinking and memory skills. The question has…
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