The new facility, built using a $5 million construction grant, will give investigators access to state-of-the-art technology to conduct innovative sleep and circadian rhythm research.
"People who had less sleep were not as motivated to recall information or found doing so required more effort to recall information."
Congress established the NCSDR in 1993 to coordinate sleep research throughout National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies.
“If our findings are confirmed in future research, shifting to a later high school start time is a modifiable, society-level intervention that could translate to thousands of fewer migraine days and fewer missed days of school for teenagers.”
Read MoreDue to the coronavirus pandemic, schools are embracing later morning start times at a shockingly fast pace.
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There was little direct, scientific evidence on whether sleep enhances or inhibits intelligence disclosures prior to this study.
Read MoreIrrefutably, all of our lives have been made better thanks to Bill Dement. This is why he is known as the “Father of Sleep Medicine.”
Read MoreA study published online as an accepted paper in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that later school start times were associated with a significant drop in vehicle accidents involving teen drivers. Researchers...
Read MoreThere’s a more basic reason for flex classes: catching up on sleep, reports NPR.”I’m able to sleep in as long as I need to, so I always get like a good night’s rest,” says junior Jerome Tiel....
Read MoreThe new project is on the heels of new research published in the journal Sleep Medicine earlier this year that advocated for more sleep education in schools, reports CTV News.“Some of these students took what they learned,...
Read MoreAfter a school district changed its start time to 8 am, from 7:10 am, students are more engaged, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. But not everyone is thrilled with the new schedule. “I’m not a big fan of it. I...
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A law recently signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that mandates later start times for most students—no earlier than 8 a.m. in middle school and 8:30 a.m. in high school—is the first statewide response in the United States to overwhelming evidence that chronic lack of sleep impairs teens.
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School start time bill SB 328 has been signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom, making...
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New National Sleep Foundation chairman Richard K. Bogan, MD, will continue to enhance the...
Read MoreThe American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation is now accepting letters of intent from organizations and individuals interested in applying for the new Community Sleep Health Award. The program will support a wide range of...
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The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) has elected Richard K. Bogan, MD, as chair of the foundation’s...
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The National Sleep Foundation has named Orfeu M. Buxton, PhD, as the next editor-in-chief for its...
Read MoreKelly A. Carden, MD, is the 34th president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) board of directors. Carden assumed the role during SLEEP 2019. She will serve a one-year term leading the physicians, scientists,...
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