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You should not take your mobile phones to bed to ensure better sleep, says new study

Sep 04, 2024, at 08:34 pm

Despite what we’ve been led to believe, the timing of evening screen time, rather than the activity itself, negatively impacts youth sleep, a University of Otago study has found.

Study finds disrupted sleep may be linked to memory and thinking problems

Jan 09, 2024, at 01:01 am

People who have more disrupted sleep in their 30s and 40s may be more likely to have memory and thinking problems a decade later, according to new research published in the January 3, 2024, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Survey finds worries about environmental issues are consistently leading to lost sleep for many Americans

Apr 26, 2023, at 02:32 pm

Worries about environmental issues are consistently leading to lost sleep for many Americans,  a recent survey has revealed.

If you want to add years to your life then get a good sleep from today, study finds

Feb 25, 2023, at 09:23 pm

Washignton: Getting good sleep can play a role in supporting your heart and overall health—and maybe even how long you live—according to new research being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

Short or long sleep linked to Pulmonary Fibrosis: Study

Jan 01, 2020, at 05:40 pm

London/IBNS: Scientists have discovered that people who regularly sleep for more than 11 hours or less than 4 hours are 2-3 times more likely to have the incurable disease, pulmonary fibrosis, compared to those that sleep for 7 hours in a day. They attribute this association to the body clock.

Deep sleep can rewire the anxious brain: Study

Nov 09, 2019, at 08:31 pm

London/IBNS: When it comes to managing anxiety disorders, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth had it right when he referred to sleep as the “balm of hurt minds.” While a full night of slumber stabilizes emotions, a sleepless night can trigger up to a 30% rise in anxiety levels, according to new research from UC Berkeley.

Sleep var­ies by age, geo­graph­ical loc­a­tion and gender: Study

Sep 28, 2019, at 04:41 pm

New York: In an exceptionally extensive worldwide study on sleep, nearly a quarter of a million nights of sleep were measured among sleepers ranging between 16 and 30 years of age.

Workplace interventions may improve sleep habits and duration for employees: Study

Jun 05, 2019, at 05:38 pm

New York, June 5 (IBNS): Simple workplace interventions, like educating employees about the importance of sleep and providing behavioral sleep strategies, may produce beneficial results, according to a new review.

Stressed at work and trouble sleeping are more serious than you think, study finds

May 04, 2019, at 05:20 pm

Milan, May 4 (IBNS): Work stress and impaired sleep are linked to a threefold higher risk of cardiovascular death in employees with hypertension.

Common sleep myths compromise good sleep, health: Study

Apr 20, 2019, at 05:18 pm

New York, Apr 20 (IBNS): People often say they can get by on five or fewer hours of sleep, that snoring is harmless, and that having a drink helps you to fall asleep.

Kolkata is one of the most sleep deprived city in India, says study

Mar 18, 2019, at 06:49 pm

Kolkata, Mar 18 (UNI/IBNS) A recent study conducted by Godrej Interio revealed that children and teenagers are one of the most sleep deprived.

Sleep apnoea creates gaps in life memories: study

Feb 09, 2019, at 09:23 am

New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): People with sleep apnoea struggle to remember details of memories from their own lives, potentially making them vulnerable to depression, new research has shown.

To sleep well, let yourself be rocked, finds study

Jan 26, 2019, at 07:01 pm

New York, Jan 26 (IBNS): Anyone who has ever put a baby to sleep by gently cradling it or has ever taken a nap in a hammock knows that rocking promotes sleep. But why? To understand this phenomenon and the brain mechanisms at stake, researchers from the universities of Geneva (UNIGE), Lausanne (UNIL) and from the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) have conducted two studies: one on young adults and the other on mice.

Dynamic associations among motor activity, sleep, energy, and mood could suggest new focus for depression treatment: Study

Dec 26, 2018, at 06:36 pm

New York, Dec 26 (IBNS): Current theories of depression suggest that sleep problems, low energy, and low activity levels result from depressed mood, but a new study looking at interactions among these factors in people with bipolar disorder or depression suggests that the opposite may be true—that instability in activity and sleep systems could lead to mood changes.

A co-worker's rudeness can affect your sleep and your partner's, new PSU study finds

Dec 15, 2018, at 05:43 pm

New York, Dec 15 (IBNS): Rudeness. Sarcastic comments. Demeaning language. Interrupting or talking over someone in a meeting. Workplace incivilities such as these are becoming increasingly common, and a new study from Portland State University and University of Illinois researchers found this behavior has the potential to not only negatively affect an employee's sleep but their partner's as well.

Sleep disturbances have negative impact on immune system of people who have recently lost a spouse: Study

Nov 10, 2018, at 04:30 pm

New York, Nov 10 (IBNS): Sleep disturbances have a strong negative impact on the immune system of people who have recently lost a spouse, reports a new study from Northwestern Medicine and Rice University.

Memory ‘brainwaves’ look the same in sleep and wakefulness

Oct 10, 2018, at 06:30 pm

New York, Nov 10 (IBNS): Identical brain mechanisms are responsible for triggering memory in both sleep and wakefulness, new research at the University of Birmingham has shown.

Adults with varied sleep-wake times weigh more, have higher blood sugar, risk of disease: Study

Sep 21, 2018, at 05:11 pm

Durham, Sept 21 (IBNS):  Sufficient sleep has been proven to help keep the body healthy and the mind sharp. But it’s not just an issue of logging at least seven hours of Z’s.

More daytime sleepiness may trigger Alzheimer’s disease: Study

Sep 07, 2018, at 03:44 pm

New York, Sept 7 (IBNS): Analysis of data captured during a long-term study of aging adults shows that those who report being very sleepy during the day were nearly three times more likely than those who didn’t to have brain deposits of beta amyloid, a protein that’s a hallmark for Alzheimer’s disease, years later.

Memories can be decoded from brain waves during sleep, say researchers

Mar 09, 2018, at 11:09 pm

London, Mar 9 (IBNS): Bursts of brain activity known as sleep spindles can play a vital role in strengthening new memories after learning, researchers have found.

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.

Can writing your ‘to-do’s’ help you to doze? Baylor study suggests jotting down tasks can speed the trip to dreamland

Jan 14, 2018, at 11:34 pm

Texas, Jan 14 (IBNS):Writing a “to-do” list at bedtime may aid in falling asleep, according to a Baylor University study. Research compared sleep patterns of participants who took five minutes to write down upcoming duties versus participants who chronicled completed activities.

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.

Sugarcane component cuts stress, increases sleep, finds study

Sep 07, 2017, at 09:00 pm

Tokyo, Sept 7 (IBNS): Everyone empirically knows that stressful events certainly affect sound sleep.

Children’s sleep quality linked to mothers’ insomnia, says study

Sep 01, 2017, at 11:39 pm

London, Sept 1 (IBNS): Children sleep more poorly if their mothers suffer from insomnia symptoms – potentially affecting their mental wellbeing and development - according to new research by the University of Warwick and the University of Basel.

Sleep helps infants with language development, says study

Aug 17, 2017, at 12:15 am

New York, Aug 16 (IBNS): Babies’ brains do astonishing things during sleep. New research out of Leipzig at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) found that babies can associate meanings to words between six and eight months of age. This skill was previously only seen in older children and adults.

Study finds link between job stress, junk food and sleep

Jun 24, 2017, at 11:25 pm

London, June 24 (IBNS): Stress during the workday can lead to overeating and unhealthy food choices at dinnertime, but there could be a buffer to this harmful pattern.

Adolescent sleep duration is associated with daytime mood: Study

Jun 16, 2016, at 05:30 am

New York, June 15 (IBNS): A new study of adolescents suggests that obtaining an insufficient amount of sleep increases variability in sadness, anger, energy and feelings of sleepiness. The study also showed that nightly fluctuations in sleep in healthy adolescents predict worse mood the next day, and worse mood any given day largely predicts unusually bad sleep the next night.

Brain activity patterns during sleep consolidate memory: Study

Feb 23, 2016, at 01:19 am

London, Feb 22 (IBNS) A question on sleep and its importance was tackled by a new research at the University of Bristol that revealed how brain activity during sleep sorted through the huge number of experiences one encounters every day, filing only the important information in memory.