According to a study presented at the American Professional Sleep Society’s annual meeting, children and teenagers who sleep in on the weekends may be hurting their scholastic performance. An article in the Poughkeepsie Journal discusses the study’s findings, which suggest that by sleeping in on weekends, kids are basically subjecting themselves to the effects of jet lag. When Monday rolls around and it’s time to go back to school, the kids feel tired and groggy and their performance suffers as a result. The whole problem is compounded by the fact that many of these kids are not getting enough sleep during the week, and they are trying tomak up for it by getting extra sleep over the weekend.
July 8, 2007
Yes! According to a study on the sleeping habits of more than 2,000 women (age 18-64) by the National Sleep foundation, almost two-thirds of the subjects had 1-3 disrupted nights per week and almost 70% said they frequently experience a sleep problem. Only 52% of men suffer insomnia a few nights a week or more. Dr Meir Kryger, the founder of American Academy of Sleep Medicine, claims that sleep problems in women go undiagnosed: “Unfortunately, too often it is women whose sleep disorders are undiagnosed or misdiagnosed because of a lack of education among doctors about these unique problems. This failure by doctors to correctly diagnose female sleeplessness is meaning sufferers are putting their health at risk while contributing to dramatic rises in obesity and diabetes.”
Full article
July 1, 2007
A study released today by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that a lack of sleep may increase your risk of cardiovascular disease. The researchers, who monitored a group of 39 subjects, found that after consecutive days of insufficient sleep, the subjects experienced higher than normal heart rates and appeared more likely to experience heart trouble. The AFP article about the study has been picked up by multiple international news outlets.
June 14, 2007
Posting about chronic tardiness is a slight deviation from our standard topic, sleep, but nevertheless we suspect that this may be a topic that is important to many of our readers. The New York Times published a great article by Phyllis Korkki on Sunday, “For the Chronically Late, It’s Not a Power Trip.”
As the title implies, the article suggests that, contrary to popular belief, many people who are frequently tardy are not doing so because it makes them feel important, they are doing so because that’s their nature. The article goes on to discuss the different types of people who are chronically tardy, the effects of tardiness on one’s career, and offers several tips to help combat chronic tardiness:
- HAVE A STRATEGY
- RELEARN HOW TO TELL TIME
- NEVER PLAN TO BE ON TIME
- WELCOME THE WAIT
(RTFA for specifics on implementing these strategies in your life)
Are you chronically tardy? Do you have any tips and tricks for those of us who find it difficult to make it on time? Let us know with a comment below…
June 6, 2007
Scientists believe they have discovered technique that could, one day, allow you to sleep at the push of a button. The technique, known as transcranial magnetic stimulation, involves the use of magnetic waves to stimulate slow wave activity in the brain. Research seems to indicate that this slow-wave activity is a key process that occurs during sleep, and is responsible for sleep’s “refreshing” nature. The magnetic pulses that are used to generate the slow wave activity are said to be harmless, and they can be created using a relatively simply headset type device. Giulio Tononi and Marcello Massimini, both of the University of Wisconsin, will be publishing their findings in the journal of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Read the full articles used to source this post here and here.
May 16, 2007
We found this post in Ask Yahoo about the ideal amount of sleep. Ask Yahoo says, “It all depends!”
National Sleep Foundation says that adults should get seven to nine hours of sleep a day while adolescents needs about 85.-9.5. Infants sleep the most (14-15 hours a day). The post also talks about benefits of taking naps.
April 24, 2007
A study that monitored 164 people over seven years (results to be published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology on April 17th) appears to show a link between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and fatal heart failure. According to the study, heart failure patients who suffer from untreated OSA are twice as likely to die from heart failure as those who do not suffer from OSA.
UPI has more details about the study and its findings.
April 11, 2007
Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System are saying that children with sleep disorders may end up with intellectual impairment. According to this article, “Sleep disorders may intellectually and behaviorally harm children by interrupting sleeping patterns necessary for growth. According to studies, children with sleep disorders are observed snoring, snorting, gasping, tossing and turning at night while some are irritable, hyperactive and unable to concentrate during the day.”
The UVA researchers are working on a household device that records breathing sounds during sleep and hope to establish risk profiles and treatment plans for cognitive and behavioral problems that develop in children with sleep disorders
March 19, 2007
