Study says junk food may impair our deep sleep

Jun 02, 2023, at 09:54 pm

Uppsala: In a new study, researchers at Uppsala University have investigated how junk food affects sleep.

India's Sleep Crisis: Survey reveals shocking 38 percent surge in nighttime anxiety over future

Mar 15, 2023, at 08:02 pm

Kolkata: Ahead of World Sleep Day, Wakefit.co, one of India’s largest D2C sleep and home solutions providers released the 6th edition of its Great Indian Sleep Scorecard (GISS) 2023 which showed a 38 percent increase in the number of people staying up late at night worrying about their future.

Body clock disruptions occur years before memory loss in Alzheimer’s

Jan 30, 2018, at 02:54 pm

New York, Jan 30 (IBNS): People with Alzheimer’s disease are known to have disturbances in their internal body clocks that affect the sleep/wake cycle and may increase risk of developing the disorder. Now, new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that such circadian rhythm disruptions also occur much earlier in people whose memories are intact but whose brain scans show early, preclinical evidence of Alzheimer’s.

About 3,500 babies in the US are lost to sleep-related deaths each year: Report

Jan 10, 2018, at 02:11 pm

New York, Jan 10 (IBNS): There are about 3,500 sleep-related deaths among U.S. babies each year, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), accidental suffocation, and deaths from unknown causes.

Sleep disorders and stroke research to benefit from NHMRC funding

Oct 20, 2017, at 10:17 pm

Sydney, Oct 20 (IBNS): Treating sleep disorders, improving the mental health of Australian young people and reducing and preventing the incidence of stroke are among the research projects at The University of Western Australia to receive almost $4 million in funding through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) fellowship schemes.