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Health

Does catching up on sleep actually work?

Imagine it's Saturday morning, the perfect time to slow down, relax and... pay off debt? That's how many Americans start their weekend. No, we're not talking about the credit card bill. Many Americans are in debt—sleep ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Trial shows combined sleep apnea treatments are better than one

Combined treatments for both aspects of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)—a compromised airway anatomy and unstable breathing—have shown promise in a Monash and Harvard-led trial.

Pediatrics

Mother's bonding difficulties linked to child sleep problems

In a study conducted by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and the University of Helsinki, parents assessed different types of sleep problems in infants: problems associated with total sleep, the number of night ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Job changes may cause headaches and insomnia

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have found that people who have switched jobs are more likely to experience symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, and insomnia, based on the results of an internet survey conducted with ...

Health

Better hydration may lead to better sleep

Everyone knows staying hydrated is important, but new research highlights just how important it is for a less obviously related area of health—sleep.

Neuroscience

Poor sleep may accelerate brain aging

People who sleep poorly are more likely than others to have brains that appear older than they actually are. This is according to a comprehensive brain imaging study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal eBioMedicine. ...

Sleep disorders

Higher levels of air pollution linked to worsening of sleep apnea

People who have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may suffer worse symptoms if they live in areas with higher levels of air pollution, according to a multi-national study presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress ...

Sleep disorders

Verbal response time reveals hidden sleepiness in older adults

A new study led by UCLA investigators shows that Verbal Reaction Time (VRT), the amount of time it takes a person to respond verbally, can be a marker of sleepiness in older adults. The study, which measured participants' ...

Health

How dairy might disrupt your sleep and dreams

Ebenezer Scrooge tried to wave away the ghost of Jacob Marley by blaming the apparition on "an undigested bit of beef … a crumb of cheese." Charles Dickens might have been writing fiction, but the idea that late-night dairy ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Cheese may really be giving you nightmares, scientists find

Scientists have found that eating too much dairy could ruin your sleep. Researchers questioned more than 1,000 students about the quality of their sleep, their eating habits, and any perceived link between the two, and found ...

Health

Why frequent nightmares may shorten your life by years

Waking up from a nightmare can leave your heart pounding, but the effects may reach far beyond a restless night. Adults who suffer bad dreams every week were almost three times more likely to die before age 75 than people ...

Sleep disorders

Silent night: Anatomical solutions for snoring

Snoring is often dismissed as a harmless quirk—or the punchline of bedtime jokes—but it can signal deeper issues that go beyond mere acoustic annoyance.

Neuroscience

Blinding lights: The hidden science behind gambling's glow

There's a reason casinos rarely have windows or clocks, they're engineered to make you lose track of time. But what if it's not just time you're losing? New research suggests that the lighting used in gambling environments ...