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Sleep Differences Among Ethnic Groups Revealed in New Poll
March 8, 2010 Significant differences have been found in the sleep habits and attitudes of Asians, African-Americans, Hispanics and ... > full story -
Children With Insomnia May Have Impaired Heart Rate Variability
March 2, 2010 Children with insomnia and shorter sleep duration had impaired modulation of heart rhythm during sleep, researchers ... > full story -
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Extremes of Sleep Related to Increased Fat Around Organs
March 1, 2010 Not getting enough sleep does more damage than just leaving you with puffy eyes. It can cause fat to accumulate around your organs -- more dangerous, researchers say, than those pesky love handles ... > full story -
The Mathematics Behind a Good Night's Sleep
February 25, 2010 A mathematics professor is using math to develop a new computer model that can be easily manipulated by other scientists and doctors to predict how different environmental, medical, or physical ... > full story -
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Naps Help Babies Learn and Retain New Information
February 21, 2010 Psychologists have found that infants need adequate sleep, including regular naps, in order to effectively learn about the new world they live ... > full story -
Midday Nap Markedly Boosts the Brain's Learning Capacity
February 21, 2010 If you see a student dozing in the library or a co-worker catching 40 winks in her cubicle, don't roll your eyes. New research shows that an hour's nap can dramatically boost and restore your brain ... > full story -
Lack of Morning Light Keeping Teenagers Up at Night
February 16, 2010 The first field study on the impact of light on teenagers' sleeping habits finds that insufficient daily morning light exposure contributes to teenagers not getting enough ... > full story -
Immune System Turns on the Body in Narcolepsy
February 15, 2010 It is thought that the sleep disorder narcolepsy is an autoimmune disorder -- that is, it is caused by the individual's immune system attacking certain cells in the body -- but this had not been ... > full story -
Sleep Problems and Sleepiness Increase the Risk of Motor Vehicle Accidents in Adolescents
February 15, 2010 Sleepiness at the wheel and poor sleep quality significantly increase the risk of motor vehicle accidents in ... > full story -
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Severe Sleep Apnea Decreases Frequency of Nightmare Recall
February 15, 2010 A study in the Feb. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) report a significantly lower frequency of nightmares than patients ... > full story
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