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June 9, 2024

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Teens With Later Sleep Schedules Are Less Active, Eat More Carbohydrates

June 5, 2024 — A new study found that circadian misalignment, which is highly prevalent in adolescents, is linked with carbohydrate consumption and sedentary behavior in ...

Study Reveals High Rate of Drowsy Driving by Teens

June 4, 2024 — A new study found that drowsy driving by teenagers is a common threat to public safety on U.S. ...

Getting More Sleep Leads to Increased Gratitude, Resilience and Flourishing

June 4, 2024 — A new study found that healthy sleep has a positive impact on gratitude, resilience and flourishing in ...

Social Media Use and Sleep Duration Connected to Brain Activity in Teens

May 30, 2024 — A new study found a distinct relationship between sleep duration, social media usage, and brain activation across brain regions that are key for executive control and reward ...

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How Stress Knocks out Your Cognitive Reserve

June 4, 2024 — While mentally stimulating activities and life experiences can improve cognition in memory clinic patients, stress undermines this beneficial ...

Smart Thermostats Provide Sleep Insights at Home

June 4, 2024 — A new study offers a framework for an objective, non-invasive and zero-effort sleep monitoring system utilizing smart thermostats equipped with motion ...

Better Sleep Is Linked With Lower Loneliness Levels

May 30, 2024 — A new study found that better sleep health was associated with lower levels of loneliness, and this association was stronger among younger ...

Study Links Sleep Apnea Treatment and Happier, Healthier Relationships

May 30, 2024 — A new study demonstrates that when individuals with obstructive sleep apnea use their positive airway pressure machine more regularly, it benefits their relationship with their ...

In the Brain at Rest, Neurons Rehearse Future Experience

May 30, 2024 — New research sheds light on how individual neurons in the hippocampus of rats stabilize and tune spatial representations during periods of rest following the animals' first time running a maze, ...

'I Feel Like I'm Alice in Wonderland': Why Nightmares and 'Daymares' Could Be Early Warning Signs of Autoimmune Disease

May 20, 2024 — An increase in nightmares and hallucinations -- or 'daymares' -- could herald the onset of autoimmune diseases such as ...

Study Links Sleep Apnea Severity During REM Stage to Verbal Memory Decline

May 14, 2024 — A research team has revealed the link between the frequency of sleep apnea events during the rapid-eye-movement stage and the severity of verbal memory impairment in older adults at risk for ...

Potential Power and Pitfalls of Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Sleep Medicine

May 13, 2024 — A new article highlights how artificial intelligence stands on the threshold of making monumental contributions to the field of sleep medicine. ...

Children Sleep Problems Associated With Psychosis in Young Adults

May 8, 2024 — Children who experience chronic lack of sleep from infancy may be at increased risk of developing psychosis in early adulthood, new research ...

Could Getting Enough Sleep Help Prevent Osteoporosis?

May 7, 2024 — In people's early- to mid-20s, they reach what is called peak bone mineral density, which is higher for men than it is for women, according to researchers. This peak is one of the main determinants ...

Study Links Household Chaos With Sleep Quality Among Teens With ADHD Symptoms

May 31, 2024 — A new study found that household chaos and sleep hygiene are important factors in the relationship between sleep quality and ADHD symptoms in ...

New Method for Diagnosing Sleep Disorders in Children

May 22, 2024 — Research has resulted in a new method of screening for sleep disorders in children. The tool, the first of its kind, allows health professionals to assess children for multiple sleep problems at ...

Sleep Resets Brain Connections -- But Only for First Few Hours

May 1, 2024 — During sleep, the brain weakens the new connections between neurons that had been forged while awake -- but only during the first half of a night's sleep, according to a new ...

Simulated Microgravity Affects Sleep and Physiological Rhythms

Apr. 22, 2024 — Simulated effects of microgravity significantly affect rhythmicity and sleep in humans, a new study finds. Such disturbances could negatively affect the physiology and performance of astronauts in ...

New Origin of Deep Brain Waves Discovered

Apr. 10, 2024 — Biomedical engineering researchers have uncovered a previously unknown source of two key brain waves crucial for deep sleep: slow waves and sleep spindles. Traditionally believed to originate from ...

Research Uncovers Differences Between Men and Women in Sleep, Circadian Rhythms and Metabolism

Apr. 10, 2024 — A new review of research evidence has explored the key differences in how women and men sleep, variations in their body clocks, and how this affects their ...

Disparities in Sleep Health and Insomnia May Begin at a Young Age

Apr. 8, 2024 — Children and teens from racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by persistent insomnia symptoms that begin in childhood and continue through young adulthood, according to a ...

Mechanism Found to Determine Which Memories Last

Mar. 28, 2024 — Neuroscientists have established in recent decades the idea that some of each day's experiences are converted by the brain into permanent memories during sleep the same night. Now, a new study ...

Getting Too Little Sleep Linked to High Blood Pressure

Mar. 27, 2024 — Sleeping fewer than seven hours is associated with a higher risk of developing high blood pressure over time, according to a new ...

Want to Feel Young? Protect Your Sleep

Mar. 27, 2024 — Do you ever find yourself longing for the energy and vitality of your younger years? Feeling young is not just a matter of perception it is actually related to objective health outcomes. Previous ...

Greener Streets Linked to Better Sleep

Mar. 25, 2024 — Living on a greener street or having views of blue spaces from your home may help you sleep for longer. New research across 18 countries found that living on greener streets -- those with visible ...

Five Factors to Ensure an Infant Thrives

Mar. 18, 2024 — Researchers make the case that five 'Thrive Factors' are a key element of healthy human brain, behavioral and cognitive ...

Sleep-Wake Rhythm: Fish Change Our Understanding of Sleep Regulation

Mar. 14, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that some fish -- unlike humans -- do not need orexin to stay awake. This molecule was thought to be necessary for normal wake and sleep rhythms in vertebrates. Humans ...

Poor Sleep Linked to Migraine Attacks

Mar. 13, 2024 — A new study has identified a link between poor sleep and migraine attacks that suggests improving sleep health may diminish migraine attacks in people with ...

Hope for Treating Sleep Disorders, No Pills Required

Mar. 13, 2024 — Are sleeping pills the only solution for insomnia? Not according to a researcher who says that using self-guided digital behavioral therapy is an alternative solution that should be ...

Researchers Identify Distinct Sleep Types and Their Impact on Long-Term Health

Mar. 12, 2024 — Poor sleep habits are strongly associated with long-term chronic health conditions, according to decades of research. To better understand this relationship, a team identified four distinct patterns ...

Wrist Device That Monitors Activity Could Help Provide Early Warning of Alzheimer's

Mar. 11, 2024 — Monitoring daily activity patterns using a wrist-worn device may detect early warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new ...

Blood-Based Marker Developed to Identify Sleep Deprivation

Mar. 10, 2024 — A blood test that can accurately detect when someone has not slept for 24 hours has been ...

Too Little Sleep Raises Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, New Study Finds

Mar. 6, 2024 — Adults who sleep only three to five hours per day are at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Chronic sleep deprivation cannot be compensated for by healthy eating ...

Sleep Apnea Symptoms Linked to Memory and Thinking Problems

Mar. 4, 2024 — People who experience sleep apnea may be more likely to also have memory or thinking problems, according to a preliminary study. The study shows a positive association but did not determine whether ...