A new study, derived from novel sleep research conducted by University of California at San Diego researchers 14 years earlier, suggests the secret to a long life may come with just enough sleep.
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sleep duration
Nov
21
2010
Women’s longevity tied to getting enough sleep
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Nov
21
2010
Women’s longevity tied to just enough sleep
A new study, derived from novel sleep research conducted by University of California at San Diego researchers 14 years earlier, suggests the secret to a long life may come with just enough sleep.
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Shorter sleep duration was associated with increased carotid artery wall thickening intima-media thickness among men but not women.
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A study in the Aug. 1, 2010 issue of the journal Sleep suggests that regularly sleeping for more or less than seven hours per day is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Results show that eight percent of the study population reported sleeping five hours per day or less including naps, and multivariable [...]
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A study in the October 1, 2009 issue of the journal Sleep shows elderly women sleep better than elderly men even though women consistently report their sleep is shorter and poorer. Women reported less and poorer sleep than men on all of the subjective measures, including a 13.2 minute shorter total sleep time (TST), 10.1 minute longer sleep onset latency (SOL), and a 4.2 percent lower sleep efficiency.
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Bats, birds, box turtles, humans and many other animals share at least one thing in common: They sleep. Humans, in fact, spend roughly one-third of their lives asleep, but sleep researchers still don’t know why.
According to the journal Science, the function of sleep is one of the 125 greatest unsolved mysteries in science. Theories range from brain “maintenance” — including memory consolidation and pruning — to reversing damage from oxidative stress suffered while awake, to promoting longevity. None of these theories are well established, and many are mutually exclusive.
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Women who get less than the recommended eight hours sleep a night are at higher risk of heart disease and heart-related problems than men with the same sleeping patterns.
Research by the University of Warwick and University College London has found that levels of inflammatory markers vary significantly with sleep duration in women, but not men.
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Mar
13
2009
Napping increases risk of diabetes
People with a habit of getting in a power nap during lunch could increase the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to the findings of a research study being presented this week at in Glasgow, Scotland.
Researchers at the University of Birmingham looked at the napping habits of 16,480 people and found that diabetes prevalence increased with napping frequency, and those who napped had a 26 percent greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes compared to those who never napped.
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Feb
24
2009
Fruit fly offers up secrets to key sleep genes
For many animals, sleep is a risk: foraging for food, mingling with mates, and guarding against predators just aren’t tasks possible while snoozing.
Scientists are wondering how, then, has this seemingly life-threatening behavior remained constant among various species of animals?
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