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Short and Poor Sleepers Have a Higher Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
March 20, 2013 — People who sleep poorly or not long enough have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease. This does not apply to people who sleep less than 6 hours, but wake up feeling fit and ... > full story -
Caffeine 'Can Significantly Protect Against Crash Risk' for Long Distance Heavy Vehicle Drivers
March 19, 2013 — Long distance commercial drivers who consume caffeinated substances such as coffee or energy drinks, to stay awake while driving, are significantly less likely to crash than those who do not, even ... > full story -
Sleep Study Reveals How the Adolescent Brain Makes the Transition to Mature Thinking
March 19, 2013 — A new study conducted by monitoring the brain waves of sleeping adolescents has found that remarkable changes occur in the brain as it prunes away neuronal connections and makes the major transition ... > full story -
Sleep Loss Precedes Alzheimer's Symptoms
March 11, 2013 — Sleep is disrupted in people who likely have early Alzheimer’s disease but do not yet have the memory loss or other problems characteristic of full-blown disease, researchers ... > full story -
Sleep Discovery Could Lead to Therapies That Improve Memory
March 11, 2013 — A team of sleep researchers has confirmed the mechanism that enables the brain to consolidate memory and found that a commonly prescribed sleep aid enhances the ... > full story -
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Less Sleep Leads to More Eating and More Weight Gain, According to New Study
March 11, 2013 — Sleeping just five hours a night over a workweek and having unlimited access to food caused participants in a new study to gain nearly two pounds of ... > full story -
Combination Therapy of CPAP and Weight Loss for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Effective for Lowering Blood Pressure in Obese Patients
March 11, 2013 — New research has shown that the combination of CPAP and weight loss for patients with OSA can help lower blood pressure better than either therapy ... > full story -
Is This Peptide a Key to Happiness? Findings Suggests Possible New Treatment for Depression, Other Disorders
March 7, 2013 — For the first time in humans, scientists have measured the release of a specific peptide, that greatly increased when subjects were happy, but decreased when they were sad. The findings have ... > full story -
Better Living Through Mindfulness
March 7, 2013 — Results of a new study suggest that mindfulness -- awareness of the present moment -- may be linked to self-regulation throughout the day, and this may be an important contributor to better emotional ... > full story -
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Molecular Key to Exhaustion Following Sleep Deprivation
March 7, 2013 — Scientists have identified one of the molecular players in this process has been identified – at least in nematode round worms. Scientists report that even in Caenorhabditis elegans, a tiny ... > full story
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