Now, in an editorial in the International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia,
sleep researchers from Israel and the United States recommend a new diagnosis, «Gestational Sleep Apnea» (GSA).
Alcohol interferes with body's ability to regulate
sleep Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have found that drinking alcohol to fall asleep interferes with sleep homeostasis, the body's sleep - regulating mechanism...
Not exact matches
Sleep researchers have found that the glow emitted from electronic screens big and small mess with our body's circadian clock (the system that regulates sleep), suppressing melatonin and, you guessed it, keeping us awake lo
Sleep researchers have found that the glow emitted
from electronic screens big and small mess with our body's circadian clock (the system that regulates
sleep), suppressing melatonin and, you guessed it, keeping us awake lo
sleep), suppressing melatonin and, you guessed it, keeping us awake longer.
Starting in the mid-1980s,
researchers from University College London spent twenty years examining the relationship between
sleep patterns and life expectancy in more than 10,000 British civil servants.
«Even a short
sleep lasting 45 to 60 minutes produces a five-fold improvement in information retrieval
from memory,» explained
researcher Axel Mecklinger.
Australian
researchers, who published their findings in the journal Pediatrics on Monday, found that of 225 six - year - olds, those who participated in
sleep training when they were babies were no different in terms of emotional health
from those who did not.
A team of
researchers from the University of Colorado recently performed a meta - study where they looked at all of the available research about screen time and
sleep.
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.
But ever the
researcher, I set out to share not only what I used to get my two to
sleep through the night, but some of the advice
from experts I hope will be of some use.
Moreover, I believe that the current models promoted by pediatric
sleep researchers that ignore feeding method and the importance of breastfeeding and breastmilk - delivery and the nutrition it provides are fundamentally flawed having emerged
from recent cultural ideologies and not
from studies of the biology of infancy or parenting.
As an added note, I am pleased to acknowledge the statement of appreciation of my SIDS and infant
sleep research and advocacy for good sciecne, as expressed below by Dr. Brad Gessner, a well respected SIDS
researcher from the state of Alaska.
A Scottish study conducted by
researchers from the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and published in the November 2002 «BMJ» found a correlation between SIDS death and
sleeping on previously used mattresses, especially those that came
from someone else's home.
Researchers from the the National
Sleep Foundation have long pointed to changes in hormones as a main cause of sleep problems in w
Sleep Foundation have long pointed to changes in hormones as a main cause of
sleep problems in w
sleep problems in women.
The
researchers report that South Asian infant care practices were more likely to protect infants
from the most important SIDS risks such as smoking, alcohol consumption, sofa - sharing and solitary
sleep.
Researchers have found that breastfed babies generally
sleep for shorter stretches and are a lot easier to wake
from active
sleep than non-breastfed babies (5,6).
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As a
researcher in SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), Professor McKenna explains that these small transient arousals may lessen a baby's susceptibility to some forms of SIDS which are thought to be caused by failure to arouse
from deep
sleep to re-establish breathing patterns.
The biggest accolade pacifiers receive
from researchers is that there is strong evidence to suggest that if a baby uses a pacifier while
sleeping, then their chance of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is less than an infant who
sleeps without a pacifier.
The recent study, published by
researchers from Penn State College of Medicine, found that inadequate
sleep was linked to a faster weight gain in babies.
In this latest report,
researchers from the CDC, FDA, and CPSC reviewed data on deaths related to infant
sleep positioners
from January 1997 to March 2011.
The conclusion that the
researchers drew
from this study was that
sleeping with an infant in an adult bed is dangerous and should never be done.
What they don't tell you is that baby
sleep researchers are forced to base their estimates of average
sleep requirements on «best guesses» and that baby
sleep norms vary greatly
from culture to culture, study to study.
A new study published this month in the journal Pediatrics had
researchers poring over data collected
from 4 observational studies about SIDS and
sleep safety.
Thankfully,
researchers from the American Academy of
Sleep Medicine have just concluded a groundbreaking review of five different sleep - training strate
Sleep Medicine have just concluded a groundbreaking review of five different
sleep - training strate
sleep - training strategies.
When
researchers looked at their brain activity during these times, they saw that one hemisphere of the brain had electrical patterns resembling nighttime
sleep, whereas patterns
from the other hemisphere indicated wakefulness.
In 2011
researchers found that these waves of electricity cause neurons in the hippocampus, the main brain area involved with memory, to fire backward during
sleep, sending an electrical signal
from their axons to their own dendrites rather than to other cells.
To separate the effects of poor
sleep from other factors that also contribute to a risk of preterm birth, the
researchers used a case - control design: 2,265 women with a
sleep disorder diagnosis during pregnancy were matched to controls who did not have such a diagnosis, but had identical maternal risk factors for preterm birth, such as a previous preterm birth, smoking during pregnancy, or hypertension.
Analysing data
from nearly 200 healthy 7 - 12 year old children and their parents, the
researchers studied the relationship between the parents» insomnia symptoms and their children's
sleep quality.
They were also among three primates (dark blue bars) whose
sleep times differed substantially
from researchers» predictions.
The risk factors and causes of SUDEP remain unclear but
researchers have proposed explanations ranging
from irregular heart rhythm to genetic predisposition to accidental suffocation during
sleep.
The second and third nights the
researchers relentlessly bombarded each snoozing participant with recordings of common noises such as toilets flushing, phones ringing and people talking, starting each noise at a low volume and repeating it more and more loudly until the subject was aroused
from sleep.
Now, in research published in the journal eLife,
researchers from Imperial College London have identified a factor that affects
sleep by only influencing the brain: sexual arousal.
Researchers from Warwick Medical School found that adolescent cannabis use is an independent risk factor for future hypomania — periods of elated mood, over-active and excited behaviour, and reduced need for
sleep that are often experienced as part of bipolar disorder, and have a significant impact on day - to - day life.
The
researchers studied these CDC reports of inadequate
sleep levels
from 765,000 individuals across the country alongside city - level nighttime temperature data
from 2002 to 2011.
The new study, which involved
researchers from 24 teaching hospitals that are part of the Spanish
Sleep and Breathing Network, was presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference.
The
researchers found that
sleep deprivation affected the putamen, an area of the brain that plays a role in goal - based movements and learning
from rewards.
The
researchers also compared their
sleep patterns before and after,
from sleep logs.
Researchers found that some subsets of T cells are reduced
from the bloodstream during
sleep when risk of infection is low.
... There are some hints
from previous studies that these cells accumulate in lymph nodes during
sleep,» the
researchers wrote.
The
researchers discovered just the opposite to hold true during this
sleep stage: sounds previously learned during N2
sleep are forgotten, or unlearned, as if erased
from memory.
In this new study,
researchers investigated children
from a city environment who had been exposed to animal skin by
sleeping on the material shortly after birth.
And bringing the disparate fields, including
researchers from sleep and coma work, together makes sense because «it's all the same fundamental neuroanatomy.»
Researchers explain that the discrepancies may, in part, come
from cultural differences in how «
sleep problems» are interpreted, which could affect how adults in different countries rate their
sleep overall.
In an effort to further understand
sleep problems in Europe,
researchers pulled data
from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) that polled 54,722 adults (50 years and older) across 16 European countries.
Researchers from universities in the UK and Australia found that that neurotransmitter (a chemical compound that sends impulses between nerve cells and affects everything
from sleep to aggression in humans) spurs a cascade of Dr. Jekyll - to - Mr.
In «Costs of
sleeping in: circadian rhythms influence cuckoldry risk in a songbird,»
researchers from the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands tracked the songbirds Parus major (commonly called great tits) and their nests in Germany over a two - year period.
Spearheaded by
researchers at Florida Atlantic University, findings
from this study are published in the April 4 issue of Current Biology, which establishes that translin is an essential integrator of
sleep and metabolic state, with important implications for understanding the neural mechanism underlying
sleep deprivation in response to environmental challenges.
University of Adelaide
researchers have found that men who consume diets high in fat are more likely to feel sleepy during the day, to report
sleep problems at night, and are also more likely to suffer
from sleep apnea.
For the new study, the
researchers used data on children younger than eight months, collected
from 1993 to 2010 as part of the National Infant
Sleep Position study.
To understand the possible link between beta - amyloid accumulation and
sleep, the
researchers used positron emission tomography (PET) to scan the brains of 20 healthy subjects, ranging in age
from 22 to 72, after a night of rested
sleep and after
sleep deprivation (being awake for about 31 hours).