White noise machines make sounds that recreate nighttime in the woods, oceans lapping at the beach, or even vacuum cleaners. Scientists in Germany, however, say they have found that sounds coming from within your own body may improve your memory and help you sleep better. Slow oscillations in brain activity occur during slow-wave sleep and…
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New research is providing more evidence that part of answer to solving the widespread childhood obesity problem could be more sleep. The study, published in the most recent issue of the journal Pediatrics, followed 1,429 ninth graders, gathering data on height and weight. The children reported their sleep habits on weekdays and weekends, and the researchers…
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School-age children who get less than the proper amount of sleep are less likely to perform well in school, according to new research. The scientific study, conducted on 142 children in Spain, tracked how well the primary school children performed on tests of academic skills and how much sleep they received. Most of the six…
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A new survey conducted in Britain shows just how bad our obsession with our electronic devices is getting. The research, conducted by a British hotel chain, found that one in five (20%) people in Britain keep their phone in their bed or even under their pillow every single night, to ensure they don’t miss a single…
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New research suggests there is a link between low levels of the hormone melatonin and an increased risk of diabetes. Melatonin is a naturally-occurring hormone which helps regulate the need for sleep. Researchers at Harvard researchers compared 370 diabetic women to 370 women without the disorder. The women came from a larger, ongoing project known as…
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Sleep paralysis is a strange and sometimes terrifying sleep disorder. When we reach the “dreaming” portion of our sleep cycle, our brains essentially shut off the ability to move. This keeps us from acting out our dreams and potentially hurting ourselves or others. However, individuals with sleep paralysis awake but their bodies remain in this paralyzed state….
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A new study reveals that sleep apnea might be linked to increasing the chances for children in developing attention deficiency hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning complications, and other adaptive disorders. Sleep apnea is a common and serious sleeping disorder in which breathing patterns, such as normal breathing, are disrupted during sleep. The research, conducted at the University of…
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New research has found a very strong link between a sleep disorder and a type of dementia called “dementia with Lewy bodies” (DLB) in men. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida found that individuals with the disorder called rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) were a whopping five times more likely to…
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According to new research, China has staked its claim as being one of the worst industrialized nations … for sleep. In China, 38-percent of people suffer from various kinds of sleep problems, compared o the world average of 27-percent, according to the Chinese Sleep Research Society (CSRS). About one-third of people in the Asian country have suffered from insomnia (the most common sleep disorder) at least once. About 2 to 4 percent suffered sleep disordered breathing, including snoring, sleep apnea…
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Does it seem like your spouse handles lack of sleep differently than you? If so, you’re probably not imagining things. Researchers from Duke University found that poor sleep is associated with greater psychological distress and higher levels of biomarkers associated with elevated risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. They also found that these associations…
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