From the Brigham and Women’s Hospital press release: Adolescents require 8-10 hours of sleep at night for optimal health, according to sleep experts, yet more than 70 percent of high school students get less than…
From the Michigan State University press release: Researchers at Michigan State University conducted the largest experimentally controlled study on sleep deprivation to date, revealing just how detrimental operating without sleep can be in everything from…
From the University of Turku press release: Humans constantly experience an ever-changing stream of subjective feelings that is only interrupted during sleep and deep unconsciousness. Finnish researches show how the subjective feelings map into five…
From the RIKEN press release: Sleep is known to allow animals to re-energize themselves and consolidate memories. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, a mysterious stage of sleep in which animals dream, is known to play…
From the University of California – Berkeley press release: Poor sleep can literally kill your social life. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that sleep-deprived people feel lonelier and less inclined to…
From the University of Massachusetts at Amherst press release: In a new study by sleep researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, neuroscientists led by Rebecca Spencer report for the first time evidence that naps…
From the University of Missouri-Columbia press release: One in six U.S. adults binge drinks at least four times a month, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Previous studies have linked binge drinking…
From the UT Southwestern Medical Center press release: We’ve all experienced going to bed tired and waking up refreshed, yet how that happens at the molecular level remains a mystery. An international study published today…
From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release: The key to predicting how someone is affected by sleep loss may be found in microRNAs (miRNAs), according to a new study from researchers at…
From the Brigham and Women’s Hospital press release: Millions of individuals obtain insufficient sleep on a daily basis, which can lead to impaired performance and other adverse physiological outcomes. To what extent these impairments are…