|
|
Gabapentin, a drug initially used to treat seizures, improves sleep quality in menopausal women with hot flashes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report online and in the September issue of the Journal of Women’s Health. Approximately 40 percent of menopausal women experience sleep disruption, often i… |
|
There has been much debate about the relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and sleep. Three new studies in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology explore GERD’s effect on sleep quality and the health-care system as well as how a widely prescribed sleeping pill may mask the disease. Clinical Gastr… |
|
Drinkers across England are losing valuable sleep and disrupting vital brain functions without knowing their boozing is the cause, new research for the Government’s Know Your Limits campaign has revealed. Over half (58%) of nearly 2,000 drinkers surveyed by YouGov didn’t realise that drinking above the recommended… |
|
Bats, birds, box turtles, humans and many other animals share at least one thing in common: They sleep. Humans, in fact, spend roughly one-third of their lives asleep, but sleep researchers still don’t know why. According to the journal Science, the function of sleep is one of the 125 greatest unsolved mysteries in scie… |
|
Short sleep times, experienced by many individuals in Westernized societies, may contribute to the development of insulin resistance and reduced glucose tolerance, which in turn may increase the long-term risk of diabetes, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical E… |
|
Similarities in brain activity during lucid dreaming and psychosis suggest that dream therapy may be useful in psychiatric treatment, a European Science Foundation (ESF) workshop has found. This is strengthened by the potential evolutionary relationship between dreams and psychosis. Lucid dreaming – when you are aware y… |
|
We’ve all experienced it after long hours driving, the eyelids getting heavy, a deep yawn, neck muscles relaxing, the urge to sleep, the head nodding down… But, you’re hands are still on the wheel and you only just stopped yourself nodding off in time to avoid the oncoming traffic. But what if your car could… |
|
According to a research abstract presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, sleep selectively preservers memories that are emotionally salient and relevant to future goals when sleep follows soon after learning. Effects persist for as long as four months after the memory i… |
|
According to a research abstract presented on June 8, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, television watching may be an important determinant of bedtime, and may contribute to chronic sleep debt. The study included data from 21,475 people aged 15 or older who completed the Am… |
|
Do you ever look at the person driving the car next to yours or the person sitting on the subway next to you and wonder “what kind of sleeper is he/she?” Probably not. But what if you could determine even more about a person by knowing just a little about his/her sleep habits. Using data [...] |
|
|
|
|
| |
 |
|