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November 23, 2024

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New Insights Into Sleep Uncover Key Mechanisms Related to Cognitive Function

Nov. 22, 2024 — While it's well known that sleep enhances cognitive performance, the underlying neural mechanisms, particularly those related to nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, remain largely unexplored. A new ...

Snoring Linked to Behavioral Problems in Adolescents Without Declines in Cognition

Nov. 21, 2024 — Adolescents who snore frequently were more likely to exhibit behavior problems such as inattention, rule-breaking, and aggression, but they do not have any decline in their cognitive abilities, ...

How Jetlag Can Disrupt Our Metabolism

Nov. 19, 2024 — Have you ever felt sluggish and out of sorts after a long-haul flight or a late-night shift? A new study has found that disruptions to our body clock, such as those experienced during jetlag, impact our metabolism -- but to a lesser extent than ...

Neural Mechanisms of Sleep-Dependent Motor Learning Revealed in New Study on Brain Injury Rehabilitation

Nov. 18, 2024 — Scientists reveal how sleep, especially naps, boosts motor learning after TBI, offering new insights into brain activity and rehabilitation strategies to enhance recovery ...

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'Sleepy Cannabis': Cannabinol Increases Sleep, Study Suggests

Nov. 11, 2024 — Research shows that a non-hallucinogenic marijuana constituent increases both REM and non-REM sleep in rats. Human trials are now under ...

Adequate Sleep Significantly Reduces the Risk of Hypertension in Adolescents

Nov. 11, 2024 — Adolescents who meet the recommended guidelines of nine to 11 hours of sleep per day were shown to have a significantly lower risk of hypertension, ...

Consistent Bedtime Linked With Better Child Emotion and Behavior Regulation

Nov. 11, 2024 — A consistent bedtime may be more important to a child's ability to control their emotions and behavior than the duration or quality of their sleep, according to a new ...

Sleepiness During the Day May Be Tied to Pre-Dementia Syndrome

Nov. 6, 2024 — Older people who are sleepy during the day or lack enthusiasm for activities due to sleep issues may be more likely to develop a syndrome that can lead to dementia, according to a new ...

After a Heart Attack, the Heart Signals to the Brain to Increase Sleep to Promote Healing

Oct. 30, 2024 — Study shows how the heart and brain interact to influence sleep patterns and help with ...

Sleeping for 2: Insomnia Therapy Reduces Postpartum Depression, Study Shows

Oct. 31, 2024 — CBT for insomnia significantly reduces postpartum depression symptoms, directly and indirectly, by improving mood and alleviating insomnia throughout ...

Sleep Apnea Contributes to Dementia in Older Adults, Especially Women

Oct. 31, 2024 — Sleep apnea, a common yet underdiagnosed sleep disorder, contributes to the development of dementia among adults -- particularly women, a new study suggests. At every age level, women with known or ...

Sleep Experts Call for UK to Abolish Twice-Yearly Clock Changes

Oct. 23, 2024 — A team of sleep researchers called for the government to abolish the twice-yearly clock changes in the UK due to the adverse effects on sleep and circadian ...

Daylight Saving Time Clock Changes Have Substantial, but Short-Lived Effect on How Much Sleep We Get

Oct. 25, 2024 — With the clocks going back this weekend, a new study has found that moving the clocks one hour forward in Spring and one hour back in Autumn has a ...

Let Sleeping Babies Lie: Scientists Highlight Negative Impacts of Sleep Disruption on Early Brain Development

Oct. 23, 2024 — Researchers show how sleep loss during early life impacts key aspects of brain development and how it can increase one's risk for developing autism ...

Could Poor Sleep in Middle Age Speed Up Brain Aging?

Oct. 23, 2024 — People in early middle age who have poor sleep quality, including having difficulty falling or staying asleep, have more signs of poor brain health in late middle age, according to a new study. The ...

Nixing Narcolepsy Nightmares

Oct. 23, 2024 — A new study has demonstrated a new way to treat narcolepsy-related nightmares. The scientists combined cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and lucid dreaming to help patients in a small clinical ...

Screen-Free Bedtimes Boost Toddler Sleep, New Research Shows

Oct. 22, 2024 — A world-first randomised controlled trial (RCT) of toddler screen time shows that removing screen time in the hour before bed improves the quality of toddler ...

For Multiple Sclerosis, Medication and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Can Reduce Fatigue

Oct. 17, 2024 — In a study of commonly used treatments for multiple sclerosis, both medical and behavioral interventions, and a combination of the two, resulted in significant improvements in fatigue. Researchers ...

Feeling Sleepy and Worried About Your Mental Alertness?

Oct. 16, 2024 — Australian researchers have identified a new, brain-based measure of chronic sleepiness that could be diagnosed in just two minutes, predicting whether someone is safe to drive, operate machinery, or ...

Scientists Discover a Secret to Regulating Our Body Clock, Offering New Approach to End Jet Lag

Oct. 7, 2024 — Scientists have discovered the secret to regulating our internal clock. They identified that this regulator sits right at the tail end of Casein Kinase 1 delta, a protein which acts as a pace setter ...

Dementia Diagnostic Markers Change With Time of Day

Oct. 2, 2024 — The time of day when blood is taken can affect the results of tests for diagnosing dementia, according to new ...

Pregnant Women Who Sleep Less Than 7 Hours a Night May Have Children With Developmental Delays

Sep. 26, 2024 — Pregnant women who do not get enough sleep may be at higher risk of having children with neurodevelopmental delays, according to new ...

Light at the End of the Tunnel for Night Shift Workers

Sep. 26, 2024 — The use of circadian-informed lighting, where artificial lighting is synchronised to the natural biological rhythms or a person's 'body-clock', significantly improves quality of sleep ...

Night-Time Noise Linked to Restless Nights for Airport Neighbors, Study Finds

Sep. 25, 2024 — A research team combined measurements from activity monitors and questionnaires for a new study of impact of aircraft noise on sleep. Higher levels of noise were associated with disturbed sleep ...

Dream Discovery: Melatonin's Key Role in REM Sleep Revealed

Sep. 23, 2024 — A significant breakthrough in the understanding of sleep mechanism opens new promise for treating sleep disorders and associated neuropsychiatric conditions: Scientists have pinpointed the melatonin ...

Can Having a Stroke Change Your Sleep?

Sep. 11, 2024 — People who have had a stroke may be more likely to sleep too much or too little compared to those without prior stroke, according to a new study. The study does not prove that stroke causes abnormal ...

For Many Animals Sleep Is a Social Activity, but It's Usually Studied as an Individual Process

Sep. 5, 2024 — Group sleeping can impact when animals sleep, how long they sleep for, and how deeply they sleep. For example, groups of meerkats time their sleep according to 'sleep traditions'; olive ...

Regular Mobile Phone Use May Increase the Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases, Study Suggests

Sep. 4, 2024 — A new study has found that regular mobile phone use was positively associated with incident cardiovascular diseases risk. In addition, this association was partly attributed to poor sleep, ...

Keep Devices out of Bed for Better Sleep

Sep. 3, 2024 — Despite what we've been led to believe, the timing of evening screen use, rather than the activity itself, negatively impacts youth sleep, a new study has ...

From Cavities to Sleep Apnea: Dentists Can Assume New Role in Saving Lives

Sep. 3, 2024 — New research reveals how dental check-ups could be the first line of defense against deadly sleep ...

Catching Up on Sleep on Weekends May Lower Heart Disease Risk by Up to 20%

Aug. 29, 2024 — Modern lifestyles mean many people are sleep deprived on work or school days, and try to 'catch-up' with compensatory sleep on weekends. A new study of more than 90,000 individuals showed ...

Good Sleep Habits Important for Overweight Adults

Aug. 23, 2024 — New research reveals harmful consequences for people who are overweight and ignore their body's signals to sleep at night, with specific differences between men and ...

Heart Data Unlocks Sleep Secrets

Aug. 19, 2024 — Computer science researchers have developed an approach that matches the performance of expert-scored polysomnography using just a single-lead echocardiogram. In addition to simplifying a typically ...

Taming Parkinson's Disease With Intelligent Brain Pacemakers

Aug. 19, 2024 — Two new studies are pointing the way toward round-the-clock personalized care for people with Parkinson's disease through an implanted device that can treat movement problems during the day and ...