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Brain Refreshing: Why the Dreaming Phase Matters

Aug. 25, 2021 — Researchers have found that blood flow in the brain capillaries, which is important for oxygen/nutrient delivery and waste removal, was increased during rapid eye movement ...

Scrap the Nap: Study Shows Short Naps Don’t Relieve Sleep Deprivation

Aug. 12, 2021 — The latest study shows that short naps are ineffective in mitigating the potentially dangerous cognitive effects of sleep ...

New Mothers’ Sleep Loss Linked to Accelerated Aging

Aug. 5, 2021 — When new mothers complain that all those sleepless nights caring for their newborns are taking years off their life, they just might be right. A year after giving birth, the 'biological age' of ...

'Springing Forward' Affects Early Birds Less Than Night Owls

July 20, 2021 — Every spring, the Daylight Saving Time shift robs people of an hour of sleep - and a new study shows that DNA plays a role in how much the time change affects individuals. People whose genetic ...

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Deficits May Remain After 7-Day Recovery from 10 Days of Insufficient Sleep

Sep. 1, 2021 — After 7 days of recovery from a 10-day period of deficient sleep, participants in a small study had recovered their pre-sleep deprivation reaction speed, but had not fully recovered on any other ...

Lonely Flies, Like Many Humans, Eat More and Sleep Less

Aug. 18, 2021 — Single fruit flies quarantined in test tubes sleep too little and eat too much after only about one week of social isolation, according to a new ...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Common in Kids and May Impact Blood Pressure, Heart Health

Aug. 18, 2021 — Children and adolescents can experience sleep-disordered breathing and obstructive sleep apnea, like adults. An estimated 1-6% of all children and ...

A Sleep Study’s Eye-Opening Findings

July 29, 2021 — Getting more sleep, by itself, does not change work productivity or overall well-being for impoverished workers in India. Naps or better-quality sleep at night may have a bigger impact, according to ...

A Blood Test for Your Body Clock? It's on the Horizon

July 29, 2021 — Sleep researchers have found it's possible to determine the timing of a person's internal biological clock via a single blood draw. Ultimately, the findings could lead to a simple blood test for ...

What Does the Sleeping Brain Think About?

July 15, 2021 — Using an artificial intelligence approach capable of decoding brain activity during sleep, scientists were able to glimpse what we think about when we are asleep. By combining fMRI and EEG, they ...

Exposure to Light With Less Blue Before Sleep Is Better for Energy Metabolism

July 9, 2021 — Researchers have found that exposure to specific types of light before sleep can have variable effects on energy metabolism during sleep. ...

New Study Uncovers How a Series of Sleep Loss Impacts Mental and Physical Wellbeing

July 6, 2021 — A new study looked at the consequences of sleeping fewer than six hours for eight consecutive nights -- the minimum duration of sleep that experts ...

High Physical Activity Levels May Counter Serious Health Harms of Poor Sleep

June 29, 2021 — Physical activity levels at or above the weekly recommended amounts may counter the serious health harms associated with poor sleep quality, suggests ...

Subconscious Changes in Movement May Predict Alzheimer's Disease

June 23, 2021 — A research team found that FMAR was associated with preclinical AD pathology in women, suggesting that FMAR may be a new biomarker for AD before cognitive symptoms ...