From the American Academy of Sleep Medicine press release: Preliminary results of a new study show that sleep disturbance is strongly related to the use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs among student athletes in…
From the Canadian Association for Neuroscience press release: Dr. John Peever at the University of Toronto has been working to answer one of humanity’s greatest questions: how do we dream? He has found a certain area…
From the University of Zürich press release: For the first time, researchers of the University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have demonstrated the causal context of why deep sleep is…
From the American Academy of Sleep Medicine press release: A new study suggests that men and women are affected differently by sleep disorders. Results show that women are more likely than men to have more…
From the Universität Basel press release: Many sports events take place late in the evening, during television prime time. At this time of day, however, many athletes often fail to perform at their best due to…
From the University of Eastern Finland press release: Difficulties in initiating or maintaining sleep at middle-age are associated with an increased risk of dementia, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland.…
From the Universität Tubingen press release: Sleep helps us to retain the information that we have learned during the day. We know from animal experiments that new memories are reactivated during sleep. The brain replays…
From the Kings College London press release: Researchers from King’s College London have found a link between loneliness and poor sleep quality in a study of more than 2,000 British young adults. Lonelier people were…
From the Boston Children’s Hospital press release: New research from Boston Children’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) shows that chronic sleep loss increases pain sensitivity. It suggests that chronic pain sufferers can…
From the University of Iowa press release: A newborn’s brain is abuzz with activity. Day and night, it’s processing signals from all over the body, from recognizing the wriggles of the child’s own fingers and…