Sleep debt affects metabolic functions
...for eight hours (fully rested condition). For six nights they were inbed for four hours per night (sleep-debt condition), and for the last sevennights they were in bed for 12 hours per night. The investigators tookmeasurements during the day of glucose tolerance, cortisol concentrations (ahormone that hel...Lack of sleep alters hormones, metabolism
...r eight hours, from 11 p.m. to 7a.m. The next six nights they slept four hours, from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. Thefollowing seven nights they spent 12 hours in bed, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Allsubjects received identical diets. The researc...Study casts doubt that melatonin goes down as age goes up: Older buyers take note
... the study, each person spent three days and three nights isolated under carefully controlled conditions in a sleep laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital. In order to minimize the effect of the experiment on their usual patterns of melatonin secretion, participants maintained their normal sleep schedu...Link found between kids sleep, behavior problems
...parents should make sure their children get a full nights sleep, have a consistent bedtime and wakeup time, and follow other good sleep hygiene habits....Study shows synthetic pheromone in womens perfume increases intimate contact with men
...tic partner and engaged in sexual intercourse four nights a week while wearing the pheromone compared to less than one night a week when she did not wear the pheromone. Pheromones are chemical substances secreted externally to cause a change in the reproductive behavior of another person and can directly s...Longer lasting pack for long-lasting heartburn relief
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...s at a clinical research center, each lasting four nights and three days. On the first night, subjects maintained a constant daytime routine and slept for eight hours in the dark at their usual bedtime. Each of the following nights, subjects were awoken and exposed to varying intensities and durations (on...A small number of homeless people keep the ER busy
... who were marginally housed, spending all of their nights in single room occupancy hotels and no nights on the street, were significantly less likely to use the ED or to be high users. This suggests that ...An extra hour of sleep can make a big difference for kids
...t and how long they were awake). For the first two nights of the five-night study period, the children adher...their normal sleep pattern, and for the last three nights the children were asked either to extend or reduce their sleep time by one hour. At the start and e...How a nightcap may hinder rather than help your sleep
...rder; most insomniacs experience both good and bad nights of sleep in a typical week, so it is important to obtain several nights of data to get an accurate picture of how severe the problem is. Just as physicians like to obtain ...Mayo Clinic study shows melatonin helps alleviate violent sleep disorder symptoms
...ight. For others, it happens at least two or three nights per week. So, on the nights that would be bad, these patients have much better sleep, and therefore their dreams aren't as activ...Sleep apnea treatment helps patients and partners
...rate rooms rather than endure continuous sleepless nights caused by sleep apnea," said lead author James M. ...patients and their partners can experience restful nights which can ultimately benefit them physically and mentally." Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Scot...'Good' chemical, neurons in brain elevated among exercise addicts
...ce increased by as much as 171 percent after seven nights of wheel running. "These mice are more active than wild mice," Rhodes said, referring to the mice as small and lean, and seemingly "addicted" to exercise. "Wheel running causes a huge amount of activity in the hippocampus. The more running, the more ...New drug proves helpful for treating long-term insomnia
...t is considered to be chronic if it occurs on most nights and lasts a month or more, according to the National Institute of Health. "I believe that this study is a milestone for research into insomnia treatments," said Andrew Krystal, M.D., lead study author and associate professor of psychiatry and directo...Clip device accomplishes endovascular, non-surgical repair of faulty heart valve
...luoroscopy. The hospital stay has been one to two nights and patients generally returned to normal activity within one week. As experience with the procedure grows, Dr. Feldman expects that it will require less time and may utilize local anesthesia. In follow-up visits with patients who received the clip,...NHS trusts putting safety of pregnant doctors at risk
...ry describes how she was expected to work extended nights on call, covering forensic and challenging behaviour units, well into her pregnancy. When she challenged the trust on the safety issue of a pregnant woman attending potentially violent patients, she met with resistance, delay, and little support. Mea...Increase in childhood leukaemia may be part due to increased light at night
...age of approximately 24 hours. Until we turned our nights into days, and began to travel in aircraft across multiple time zones, we were largely unaware of these internal clocks. These clocks drive or alter our sleep patterns, alertness, mood, physical strength, blood pressure and every other aspect of our...University of Pennsylvania Health System launches life-saving eICU technology
...s and nurses, especially during off hours, such as nights and weekends. The eICU technology is a patented product of VISICU, Inc., located in Baltimore, Maryland. Penn E-lert will function like an air-traffic control center, providing assistance and guidance to the attending doctors, residents and nurses i......subjects who slept only four hours a night for two nights had an 18 percent decrease in leptin, a hormone th... of leptin and ghrelin before the study, after two nights of only four hours in bed (average sleep time 3 hours and 53 minutes) and after two nights of ten ho...