Sleep Archive
Earlier bedtimes protect teenagers from depression, suicidal ideation
0 Comments Published January 1st, 2010 in General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, Medical News, Mental Health, Parents, Popular, SleepA study in the January 1, 2010 issue of the journal Sleep found that teenagers with earlier bedtimes (i.e. set by parents) were significantly less likely to suffer from depression and to think about committing suicide, suggesting that earlier bedtimes could have a protective effect by lengthening sleep duration and increasing the likelihood of getting [...]
Urine test for sleep apnea in children
0 Comments Published December 7th, 2009 in Children, General Interest, Health News, Medical News, Medicine, Popular, SleepResearchers have discovered a new technique that is able to determine whether a child has obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or habitual snoring by taking a urine test.
“These findings open up the possibility of developing a relatively simple urine test that could detect OSA in snoring children. This would alleviate the need for costly and inconvenient [...]
Light at night might trigger depression
0 Comments Published October 21st, 2009 in Depression, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, Mental Health, Popular, SleepOSU.edu - Too much light at night can lead to symptoms of depression, according to a very suggestive study in mice.
Researchers found that mice housed in a lighted room 24 hours a day exhibited more depressive symptoms than did similar mice that had a normal light-dark cycle.
However, mice that lived in constant light, but could escape [...]
Sleep deprivation may increase amyloid, Alzheimer’s risk
0 Comments Published September 29th, 2009 in General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Medical News, Mental Health, Popular, SleepWhile the occasional all-nighter to cram for exams or finish a grant proposal may seem like no big deal, chronic or frequent sleep deprivation could take its toll on brain health in later life, two new studies suggest. Based on microdialysis experiments in live mice, Dave Holtzman, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, and colleagues report [...]
Gabapentin improves sleep of women with hot flashes
0 Comments Published September 9th, 2009 in General Interest, Health, Health News, Life, Medical News, Popular, SleepRochester.edu - Gabapentin, a drug initially used to treat seizures, improves sleep quality in menopausal women with hot flashes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report online and in the September 2009 issue of the Journal of Women’s Health.
Approximately 40 percent of menopausal women experience sleep disruption, often in the form of difficulty with sleep [...]
Athletic training linked to better sleep in adolescents
0 Comments Published August 17th, 2009 in Exercise, General Interest, Health, Health News, Health and Wellness, Life, Medical News, Mental Health, Parents, Popular, SleepCFAH.org - Adolescents who exercise vigorously - as in an athletic program - have a better quality of sleep than their couch-potato peers, according to a new Swiss study.
Four hundred thirty-four adolescents participated, including 258 students who were part of the “Swiss Olympic Classes,” a program that offers a high level of athletic training. The [...]














