Sleep Tips

You Are More Likely To Have Insomnia If A Family Member Is An Insomniac

2011-12-14T18:34:00.001Z

You are more likely to have insomnia if a family member is insomniac. This is according to a Study directed by Dr. Charles M. Morin of Université Laval's School of Psychology in Quebec City. The research team found that the increased risk of insomnia is 67% higher in people from families in which at least one member is an insomniac. The study involved 3,485 people and the participants were

Learn Whilst You Sleep?

2011-10-22T16:43:00.000+01:00

"There is substantial evidence that during sleep, your brain is processing information without your awareness and this ability may contribute to memory in a waking state" says Kimberly Fenn, assistant professor of psychology and lead researcher of a study conducted by Michigan State University researchers. The study which was conducted by Fenn and Zach Hambrick, associate professor of psychology

Rocking Helps You To fall Asleep

2011-08-09T11:32:00.002+01:00

Researchers Sophie Schwartz, Michel Mühlethaler, and their colleagues Laurence Bayer and Irina Constantinescu from the University of Geneva, reporting in the June 21 issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, now have evidence that napping on a slowly swinging bed really does get us to sleep faster. To the researchers' surprise, rocking also changes the nature of our sleep, encouraging

Weekend Sleep Does Not Makeup For Lost Sleep In The Week

2011-08-09T11:12:00.001+01:00

Performance deteriorates when sleep is restricted to six hours per night for a week and does not improve after two nights of recovery sleep, however, women may be less affected than men by this workweek pattern of sleep loss.According to principal investigator Dr. Alexandros N. Vgontzas, professor of psychiatry and endowed chair in sleep disorders medicine at the Penn State College of Medicine

Less Sleep Can Make Children Fatter!

2011-05-27T14:32:00.000+01:00

It seems that Sleep can make children fatter! A team of researchers in New Zealand set out to investigate whether reduced sleep is associated with differences in body composition and the risk of becoming overweight in young children. The study was reported in the British Medical Journal. They found that on average, children aged three to five sleep 11 hours a night, but for every hour they

Does Hayfever cause Insomnia?

2011-04-13T12:13:00.001+01:00

Now that the hayfever season is here, many people are experiencing sleep problems and I wondered, does hayfever cause insomnia? Hayfever and allergies can lead to problems sleeping according to a study conducted by French researchers from Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris. It suggests that hay fever may be associated with impaired sleep quality. Research in the past has suggested that

7 Hours Of Sleep May Be Optimal For Health

2011-02-09T11:19:00.001Z

According to a study to investigate sleep patterns by Professor Franco Cappuccio, holder of the endowed Cephalon Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology at Warwick Medical School in collaboration with with researchers at University College London 7 hours of sleep may be optimal for health. Consistently sleeping less could have a detrimental effect on your health but apparently too much

Poor Relationships Linked To Insomnia

2011-01-27T10:58:00.000Z

A study by Dr Dan Robotham, senior researcher at the Mental Health Foundation showed people with insomnia were four times as likely to have relationship problems, three times as likely to feel depressed and three times as likely to suffer from a lack of concentration. Nearly 6,800 people took part in an online survey, believed to be the largest of its type in the UK. Dr Robotham is also the

Is Sleep A Waste Of Time?

2011-01-11T18:35:00.000Z

Some go getters think that sleep is a waste of time. Well a new study reconfirms that it certainly isn't and the time we spend sleeping is time well spent! Why is sleep so important? Scientists have found that sleep helps consolidate memories, fixing them in the brain so we can retrieve them later. Now, new research is showing that sleep also seems to reorganize memories, picking out the

Twitter and Facebook Will Soon Be Used to Treat Insomnia

2010-11-20T13:14:00.000Z

Social networks will soon be used to help overcome sleeplessness amongst insomniacs! Researchers want to find out if networks such as Twitter and Facebook can augment the effects of existing treatments for insomnia. Many people who suffer bouts of insomnia are helped in their recovery by using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) through which they learn to avoid the thought patterns and

Alertness at night can be improved by exposure to very brief flashes of bright light

2010-09-28T20:07:00.001+01:00

According to a recent study, nocturnal alertness improves after exposure to milliseconds of bright light flashes. Results indicate that subjective sleepiness decreased and objective night time alertness improved after participants received a two-millisecond pulse of bright light once per minute for 60 minutes. Flash exposure, as compared with darkness, elicited significant improvement in

Lack of Sleep Can Even Affect How You See Colors

2010-08-04T10:54:00.001+01:00

According to a study carried out at the University of Houston in Texas, a lack of sleep can affect how you see colors. The study involved five people who viewed a full-field, homogenous stimulus of either slightly reddish or greenish hue. The observers had to judge whether the stimulus was greener or redder than their internal perception of neutral gray. Across trials the hue was varied. One

Could Jasmine be a valium substitute?

2010-07-29T15:33:00.002+01:00

Instead of a sleeping pill or a mood enhancer, a nose full of jasmine from Gardenia jasminoides could also help. In collaboration with Dr. Olga Sergeeva and Prof. Helmut Hass from the Heinrich Heine University in Dusseldorf, researchers from Bochum led by Prof. Hanns Hatt have discovered that the two fragrances Vertacetal-coeur (VC) and the chemical variation (PI24513) have the same molecular

Do Sleep Disorders Cause Weight Gain?

2010-07-08T16:18:00.001+01:00

According to researchers at the University of Helsinki, sleep disorders can cause weight gain in middle aged women if they don't get a good night's sleep. The weight and sleeping habits of around 7,300 women aged between 40 and 60 over a seven year period were examined and it was found that about one in three of women with frequent sleep problems gained at least 11 pounds in weight over the

Exercise in Children Promotes Sleep

2010-04-15T17:27:00.000+01:00

It's common sense and everyone knows that children who run around and exercise more sleep better. However this has now been quantified.Experts from Monash University in Melbourne and the University of Auckland looked at 519 seven-year-olds and found that for every hour they sit, they need three minutes longer to fall asleep.Interestingly, it did not matter what the child did whilst they sat. TV

Motor Accidents more likely in Sleep Deprived Adolescents

2010-04-14T14:38:00.000+01:00

According to the Feb. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, a study investigating the role of sleep problems and sleepiness on motor accidents in adolescents shows, that sleepiness at the wheel and poor sleep quality significantly increase the risk of motor vehicle accidents in adolescents. Results indicate that adolescent drivers were twice as likely to have had a crash if they

Chronic lack of sleep causes fat to deposit around your organs

2010-04-09T19:42:00.000+01:00

A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine reveals how extremes of sleep, both too much and too little, can be hazardous to your health and cause fat to develop around your organs. This may be due to stress as it was found that social factors such as the need to work three jobs in a bad economy, could be causing dangerous fat deposition around vital organs.The lead

Sleep apnea sufferers may also have floppy eyelid syndrome

2010-04-08T18:46:00.000+01:00

ScienceDaily (Apr. 2, 2010) Obstructive Sleep Apnea or OSA is a sleep disorder that affects many people. A British study finds that the condition known as floppy eyelid syndrome (FES) is strongly associated with OSA, implying that when doctors see FES in a patient, they should also look for OSA, and vice-versa.The study, published in April's Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of

Childhood sleep problems and alcohol/drug problems in young adulthood

2010-04-07T23:46:00.001+01:00

ScienceDaily (Apr. 7, 2010) Sleep problems are a major public-health issue in the United States. In 2006, for example, more than half of 6th to 12th graders reported feeling tired or sleepy, and more than 30 percent reported having problems remaining asleep during the night. A first-of-its-kind study has found a long-term relationship between childhood sleep problems and subsequent alcohol and

Chronic Insomnia May Lead To Depression And Anxiety

2009-06-28T13:06:00.000+01:00

Long term insomnia may lead to health problems including anxiety and depression if left untreated.A study conducted by Dag Neckelmann from the Haukeland University Hospital in Norway, was based on data collected from two general health surveys involving 25,130 adults. Dr. Neckelmann found significant correlations between chronic insomnia and the development of anxiety disorders and depression,

Sleep Apnea Improves With Facial and Tongue Exercises.

2009-05-09T11:15:00.001+01:00

A Brazilian study which included 31 adults with moderate obstructive sleep apnea shows, that doing certain tongue and facial exercises for 30 minutes daily may ease the severity of obstructive sleep apnea.Those exercises included brushing the tongue with a toothbrush, putting the tip of the tongue on the soft palate and sliding the tongue backward, pronouncing vowels quickly or continuously, and

Sleep Problems An Inherent Feature of ADD

2009-03-04T09:32:00.001Z

A study cited in the journal Sleep involving 15 children between the ages of 7 and 11 who suffer from ADD (ADHD) suggests that sleep problems go hand in hand with ADD.The principal investigator, Reut Gruber who is the director of the Attention, Behaviour and Sleep Lab at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute says:"I do not believe that sleep per se is the cause of ADHD, but it may make

Insomnia - Credit Worries Disrupting Sleep

2009-02-24T13:44:00.003Z

According to Channel 4 news a new poll carried out for The Body Shop, has found that about 49% of people are getting a worse night's sleep and suffering from insomnia than this time last year.About 50% of these were due to money worries and anxiety brought about by the credit crunch.People were worried about not being able to pay bills, mortgage and rent and also about job security.The

Lack of Sleep and Paranoia

2009-02-13T16:41:00.001Z

A study reported in the journal Schizophrenia Research suggested that sorting out insomnia could reduce the risk of paranoia.A study of 300 healthy volunteers and 30 psychiatric patients marked by paranoid delusions, showed a clear link between insomnia and paranoid delusions.It was found that more than 50% of the psychiatric patients, who all experienced feelings of paranoia, suffered from

Circadian Clock Could Be Critical For Remembering What You Learn

2008-10-16T10:14:00.003+01:00

The circadian rhythm that quietly pulses inside us all, guiding our daily cycle from sleep to wakefulness and back to sleep again, may be doing much more than just that simple metronomic task, according to researchers. Working with Siberian hamsters, biologist Norman Ruby has shown that having a functioning circadian system is critical to the hamsters' ability to remember what they have learned.