Getting a good night’s sleep often comes down to technique. Avoiding late-night technology use and keeping a regular sleep schedule are two important techniques to heed as kids head back to school.
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In the initial stages of sleep, energy levels increase dramatically in brain regions found to be active during waking hours, according to new research in the June 30 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.
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Individuals with sleep-related breathing disorders appear to burn more calories when resting as their conditions become more severe, according to a report in Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery.
Sleep-related breathing disorders include snoring, sleep apnea, and other conditions in which airways are partially or completely obstructed during sleep. “Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of sleep-disordered breathing, and changes in body weight are associated with changes in sleep-disordered breathing severity,” the authors wrote.
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If there’s one thing that everyone knows about newborn babies, it’s that they don’t sleep through the night, and neither do their parents. But in fact, those first six months of life are crucial to developing the regular sleeping and waking patterns, known as circadian rhythms, that a child will need for a healthy future.
Some children may start life with the sleep odds stacked against them, though, say University of Michigan sleep experts who study the issue. They will present data from their study next week at the European Sleep Research Society meeting in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Young children in predominantly Caucasian countries obtain more overall sleep, have earlier bedtimes, and are less likely to room-share than young children in predominantly Asian countries.
The results indicate substantial differences in sleep patterns in young children throughout the world, according to a research abstract presented at Sleep 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
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Snorers may be sending their partners to an early grave by pushing up their blood pressure, according to a new study.
Scientists have found that blood pressure increases in response to noises at night, whether you are awake or asleep.
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In the video below, from a church service honoring the late Martin Luther King, Jr., in Harlem, New York, on January 21, 2008, former President Bill Clinton is seen, seated behind the speaker, dozing off several times.
Since former President Clinton has a history of heart ailments, perhaps it’s time he undergo a sleep study to check for any possible sleep disorders. Then again, with the hectic schedule he’s been maintaining on the presidential campaign trail for his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), he is likely sleep deprived.
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