7 ways to boost your mental health (and get better sleep)
The state of your mind is so much more than a diagnosis, says Sarah Hamid-Balma, director of mental health promotion at the B.C. division of the Canadian Mental Health Association. “You can be someone who has a diagnosed mental illness and have good mental health,” she says; and conversely, “you can have no diagnosed illness [...]
Sleeping it Off: How Alcohol Affects Sleep Quality
Getty Images / Getty Images, young man asleep on a table while holding an empty beer bottle Having a drink (or two) is one way to nod off more quickly, but how restful is an alcohol-induced slumber? The latest research, published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research shows that while a nightcap may get you to [...]
Active duty military personnel prone to sleep disorders and short sleep duration
A new study found a high prevalence of sleep disorders and a startlingly high rate of short sleep duration among active duty military personnel. The study suggests the need for a cultural change toward appropriate sleep practices throughout the military. “While sleep deprivation is part of the military culture, the high prevalence of short sleep [...]
5 Ways Technology is messing up our sleep
by Hannah Howard from Longhorn Leads We all know that getting a good night’s sleep is important, but just how important is it? Well, according to Dr. David F. Dinges of the Division of Sleep and Chronobiology and Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the first signs of lack of sleep are irritability [...]
Can’t Sleep? Losing Belly Fat Might Help
Poor sleep can lead to weight gain, but now researchers say the relationship works both ways. Studies consistently show that sleep deprivation is linked to obesity and that heavier individuals tend to report more problems getting a good night’s slumber. Now researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine report at the 2012 American Heart Association [...]
More Sleep Means More Focused, Emotionally Stable Kids
How important is sleep for children? Getting too little could leave them more emotional and impulsive. As a nation, we don’t get enough sleep. And we’re passing along our night-owl habits to the next generation, which could leave them with less control over their emotions and more prone to impulsivity, according to the latest study. [...]
Students swot up on sleeplessness
Losing sleep … senior high school students every September. Photo: Angela Wylie YEAR 12 students are about to enter the most sleepless time of their schooling life, with adolescent health specialists overwhelmed during the Higher School Certificate period. Paediatric sleep specialist at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Chris Seton, is overwhelmed by bookings every September, [...]
Snoring at Night May Affect Kids’ Daytime Behavior
As any parent knows, an exhausted child is an ill-behaved one. So it’s no surprise that a new study finds that young children who snore persistently — which can disrupt the quality of their sleep — are more likely to have behavioral problems like hyperactivity, depression and inattention than kids who don’t snore. “A lot [...]
To Boost Memory, Shut Your Eyes and Relax
Forget brain-training exercises, 12-hour shifts and those long, uninterrupted, caffeine-fueled study binges. When you really need new information to sink in, you can’t skimp on taking breaks, new research suggests. That’s the message from a soon-to-be-published study by psychologists and neuroscientists at the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, who asked a small group of normally [...]
Sleep deprivation may reduce risk of PTSD according to Ben-Gurion U. researchers
Sleep deprivation in the first few hours after exposure to a significantly stressful threat actually reduces the risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), according to a study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Tel Aviv University. The new study was published in the international scientific journal,Neuropsychopharmacology. It revealed in a series [...]
