Sleep Problems Might Be Aging You Faster
Inadequate sleep, short sleep, or insomnia may contribute to a faster aging process at the biological level, according to new research.
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Screen Time Is Contributing to Chronic Sleep Deprivation in Tweens and Teens – a Pediatric Sleep Expert Explains How Critical Sleep Is to Kids’ Mental Health
A growing body of research is finding strong links between sleep, mental health, and screen time in teens and tweens.
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Chatbots Can Help Boost Your Sleep
Researchers have found that chatbots are an effective tool to significantly improve sleep, adding an additional 45 minutes per night.
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Bedtime Routines Are Key to Back-to-School Success
A recent AASM survey reveals how many parents with children under 18 say their kids keep a consistent bedtime, an essential first step to getting restful and refreshing sleep.
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Counting the Wrong Sheep: Why Trouble Sleeping Is About More Than Just Individual Lifestyles and Habits
Sleep is oftentimes oversimplified as an individual’s responsibility, overlooking the impact of social and economic factors, including caregiving roles and poverty.
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Self-perception of Sleep Quality, Not Actigraphy Data, Impacts Mood Most
Research suggests there is a difference between actigraphy-measured sleep efficiency and people’s own perception of their sleep quality in how they link to people’s evaluations of their well-being.
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Could Time-Restricted Eating Curb Cardiovascular Risk for Short Sleepers?
While we typically wouldn’t give a second thought to that midnight snack, a shortened sleep cycle and the resulting extended eating duration can contribute to higher cardiovascular risk.
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Frequent Naps in Infants Linked to Poorer Cognitive Skills
A new study sheds light on what nap times reveal about young children’s brain development.
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Do Mother and Infant Sleep Patterns Influence Each Other?
A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign identifies predictors of sleep patterns in new mothers and infants.
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Sleep Hygiene Among Eight Habits That Could Add Decades to Your Life
Researchers were surprised by just how much could be gained with the adoption of one, two, three—or all eight—lifestyle factors.
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Study Uncovers Cultural Influence on Delayed Bedtimes
A study investigating how long and how well people sleep suggests that the amount and quality of sleep people get may not be purely a personal choice.
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Sleep Deprivation Benefited Our Ancestors, Yet Harms Us Now—But Staying Fit May Help Us Cope
Sacrificing sleep in modern times poses risks to health and performance; however, research suggests that higher fitness levels may help mitigate the negative effects of sleep loss.
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Americans Are ‘Sleep Divorcing’ Their Partners
A recent American Academy of Sleep Medicine survey reveals how many Americans are opting to sleep separately from their bed partners to improve their nightly sleep.
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How Sleep Duration Impacts Cognitive Benefits of Physical Activity
Researchers investigated how different combinations of sleep and physical activity habits might affect people’s cognitive function over time.
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Women Significantly More Likely to Never Feel Well-Rested
A new survey reveals that women are nearly twice as likely as men to report rarely or never waking up feeling well-rested, highlighting a gender disparity in sleep satisfaction.
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Wind Farm Noise Similar in Disruptiveness to Road Traffic Noise During Sleep
A five-year project by Flinders University researchers investigated the extent to which wind farm noise disrupts the sleep of Australians.
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Moms Lose Significant Sleep and Free Time During Kids’ School Year, New Study Finds
Mothers experience more than double the sleep loss compared to fathers during the school year, a factor that may contribute to the gender gap in mental health.
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