tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159369452026-05-04T20:58:04.717+01:00Sleep Tips Blog brings you the latest news on sleep disorders such as snoring, sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome and sleep tips for the insomniac!nimsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08785655607544514025noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15936945.post-31471774602969359302013-09-06T20:18:00.000+01:002013-09-06T20:18:00.200+01:00

According to Chiara Cirelli, MD, PhD, at the University of Wisconsin, and who is currently conducting a study on sleep, future experiments may very well examine whether or not an association between sleep patterns and severity of MS symptoms exists. Although it has been known that many genes are turned on during sleep and off during periods of wakefulness, how sleep affects specific cell types

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According to a recent study conducted by Dr. Yaremchuk, Dr. George Miguel and their research team from the Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, insomnia can make the emotional and functional effects of tinnitus worse. A significant association between insomnia and the severity of perceived tinnitus symptoms such as hissing, buzzing, ringing

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A clinical trial authored by Malcolm Hilton, consultant otolaryngologist at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Sub Dean of the University of Exeter Medical School, shows that certain singing exercises help reduce snoring in people with a history of simple snoring or obstructive sleep apnea This research has been published in the International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head

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There has been a heatwave in Britain this summer and this can make it very difficult to sleep leading to many people experiencing insomnia. I though about writing a post on the best ways to get to sleep when it's hot and humid, but saw a few articles on the web which have already done this. So here are a few links to some good sleep tips during a heatwave! BBC - How to sleep well on sticky

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According to Dr Ebrahim, who is the medical director at the London Sleep Centre and co-author of the latest review, published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, alcohol disrupts sleep. Drinking alcohol before going to bed may help you go to sleep more quickly but it disrupts the sleep cycle and results in less time spent in the rapid eye movemement phase (REM sleep)

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Insomniacs could be afraid of the dark and that this was a contributing factor to insomnia that adults found difficult to admit A pilot study from Ryerson University Sleep & Depression Lab posed the question, "Are people with insomnia afraid of the dark?". They conducted a small study on Toronto college students and found nearly half of the students who were poor sleepers were afraid of the

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Obesity could be caused by deprivation of sleep which leads to a craving for unhealthy food. According to a new study to understand the link between sleep restriction and obesity, the sight of unhealthy food during a period of sleep restriction activated reward centers in the brain that were less active when participants had enough sleep. 25 men and women of normal weight were divided into two

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New research by Dr. Cara Tannenbaum, associate professor of medicine and pharmacy at the University of Montreal in Canada, suggests that the cause of memory loss and concentration in the elderly may be due to the medication. Widely used medicines such as those used to treat insomnia, anxiety, itching or allergies can have a negative impact on memory or concentration in the elderly and are often

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Onset of diabetes in teenagers could be prevented if they slept more as more sleep improves insulin resistance. High levels of insulin resistance can lead to the onset of diabetes and lowering insulin resistance is thus very important in preventing it. According to a new study conducted at the University of Pittsburgh.Increasing the amount of sleep that teenagers get could improve their insulin

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In a pioneering study on the use of melatonin to improve sleep in patients with hypertension who are taking beta blockers, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital led by Frank Scheer, PhD, MSc, found that melatonin supplementation can indeed improve sleep patterns in these patients. The study was carried out over the course of three weeks and found that none of the study participants

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A commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal states that adequate sleep is an important part of a weight loss program. This is of course in addition to diet and exercise.Dr. Jean-Phillippe Chaput, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute in Ottawa and Dr Angelo Tremblay, Laval University in Quebec in recently published research found that total sleep time and quality

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The amount of sleep needed as we get older is a controversial subject. Some say that you do need less sleep as you get older.The University of Surrey conducted a study where the researchers wer surpised to find that decrease in sleep that comes with advancing years is a normal part of aging. According to them, this is because aging brings less time spent in deep, slow-wave sleep, the "dead" phase

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There are many factors that influence the quality of sleep. The most obvious one is stress. When you are stressed, you may be able to sleep but the quality of that sleep is poor and you end up tossing and turning most of the night. Soothing music, meditation or a hypnosis track can be helpful, as can taking some exercise earlier in the day. The second one is your health. If you are unwell or

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Night-time artificial lighting is harmful and causes light pollution...The International Congress of Zoology discussed "Light Pollution and its Ecophysiological Consequences" and was held at the University of Haifa, Israel.It discussed exposure to light at night, the extent of the harm and dangers it does and the adverse health effects that follow.Apparently, it is the short wavelength

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I've just read an interesting article on the BBC website saying that the eight hour sleep may be unnatural and that in the past, we used to sleep in two segments, often four hour stretches with a couple of hours in between To quote 'We often worry about people who lie awake in the middle of the night - but it could be good for you. Scientists have been saying for 20 years that the eight-hour

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A study conducted previously and published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition by researchers Christian Benedict and Helgi Schiöth, of the Department of Neuroscience at Uppsala University, showed that a single night of total sleep loss in young normal weight men increased levels of hunger, which indicated that an acute lack of sleep may affect a person's food perception. In a new study

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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

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"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

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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

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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

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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

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Now that the hayfever season is here, many people are experiencing sleep problems and can't fall asleep, 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

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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

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A study by Dr Dan Robotham, senior researcher at the Mental Health Foundation showed people with insomnia and who couldn't fall asleep 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.

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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

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