Sentences with phrase «although sleep researcher»

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Although the kids in the Australian study were selected from the general population (as opposed to a psychiatric practice or sleep clinic), researchers discovered that about 10 % of children complaining of nighttime fears fit the criteria for an anxiety disorder.

Although putting a baby to sleep on their back did decrease SIDS - related deaths, the American Academy of Pediatrics noted that researchers found that suffocation and entrapment deaths increased.

In a new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers found that although teenage mothers know the recommendations in regards to safe sleeping practices, many deliberately do not follow those recommendations.

«Although the effects of light are well studied in adults, virtually nothing is known about how evening light exposure affects the physiology, health and development of preschool - aged children,» said lead author Lameese Akacem, a CU Boulder instructor and researcher in the Sleep and Development Lab.

Although caffeine's effects on alertness and sleep are well known, researchers weren't sure how it affects the circadian clock in humans.

Sleep researchers believe that genes — although the precise ones have yet to be discovered — determine our individual sleeping patterns.

Although later studies found no further evidence of an immune link, the coincidence made Mignot and many other sleep researchers suspect that an autoimmune attack was ravaging narcoleptics» hypocretin - producing cells.

Disorders that affect how much time a person actually spends asleep — such as insomnia, restless leg syndrome, excessive sleep, or excessive daytime sleepiness — may increase stroke risk and harm recovery, as well, the researchers concluded, although the evidence wasn't as strong for these conditions.

Dr Barrett says that one of the earliest sleep researchers, Michel Jouvet, found that although kitties lay quietly throughout their sleep, once they've entered into a state of deep sleep, they leap up, stalk, pounce, arch their backs and hiss — looking as if they're hunting mice in their dreams.

Although stress, anxiety and conflict the previous day did impact a person's sleep quality, the researchers were able to rule this out as a possible explanation for the findings.

Although more studies are certainly needed to replicate and extend these findings (particularly given the cross-sectional design and limited measurement of sleep and outcome domains), this study offers an important reminder to researchers to not overstate findings from any single study that is unable to consider all potential confounds.