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News items on 'Sleep Problems'
(The Scotsman 20/11/2009)
SLEEPING on it may be good advice for anyone trying to remember a new skill. Scientists conducted an experiment where 12 sleeping volunteers were played sounds associated with a memorised task. When they awoke, they performed better in the tests, showing their memories had been reinforced. The results, published in the journal Science, add to growing evidence that sleep is important to memory processing.
Doctors say sleep classes would be dream come true
(The Scotsman 23/10/2009)
WHILE modern education is about far more then reading, writing and arithmetic, most people would still believe that school is no place for sleeping. Healthy eating, environmental awareness and running a successful business are all topics which have crept into the school curriculum in recent years. Core topics now have to co-exist with a range of diverse and considerably different subjects. It seems the latest addition to this growing list could be teaching youngsters how to sleep well.
Women 'underestimate their sleep'
(BBC 01/10/2009)
Research suggests older women believe they sleep worse than men - but the reverse is actually true. A team found older women consistently estimate their sleep to be of shorter and poorer quality than their male peers - but in fact they sleep better. The Dutch researchers suggest women may require more sleep than men - meaning the same amount of sleep may be satisfactory for men, but not women. The Erasmus Medical Center study appears in the journal Sleep.
Want a good night's sleep? Have sex say doctors
(Telegraph 26/07/2009)
Sex before bedtime is one of the best ways to guarantee a good night's sleep a survey of doctors has revealed. But, on a less romantic note, the medics also recommended sleeping in separate beds was the best solution to ensure couples enjoyed undisturbed, quality sleep. One in six doctors quizzed for the survey backed the sex before bedtime approach, with 38 per cent recommending separate beds. GPs aged 55 and over were the greatest believers in sex as a way to aid restful sleep.
Study nails secret of child sleep
(BBC 23/07/2009)
Researchers have confirmed what parents have long believed - running around in the day means your child may well fall asleep faster at night. But the study of 500 children provides a figure: for every hour they sit, they need three minutes longer to nod off. Interestingly, it was not relevant what the child did while they sat. TV was no more detrimental than quietly reading. And the Archives of Disease in Childhood found those who took longer to get to sleep were no worse behaved.
(BBC 10/06/2009)
Five great ideas that were had while dreaming. Scientists believe that a nap can boost creative thought and help problem-solving. So what major breakthroughs in science and the arts have been made during sleep? The old adage "I'll sleep on it" may have some truth in it, after all.
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Late-night TV is 'bad for health'
(The Scotsman 09/06/2009)
WATCHING TV before you go to bed gives you a bad night's sleep and can lead to chronic health problems, say scientists. Their study of 21,475 adults found TV viewing was the dominant pre-sleep activity - taking almost 50 per cent of pre-bed time. Researcher Dr Mathias Basner, of Pennsylvania University, said: "According to our results, watching less evening TV and postponing work start time in the morning appear to be the candidate behavioural changes for achieving additional sleep."
How to get a good night's sleep
(Telegraph 22/05/2009)
There is something inherently comic about buying a new bed. Nervously stretching out on a mattress in a busy department store, while shoppers mill around, is the stuff of Carry On films. But I have a good reason for embarrassing myself in public and being hooked up to the new computerised body profiling system in one of the busiest bed departments in the country, at Debenhams on Oxford Street.
(BBC 27/03/2009)
Ten ways to achieve a really great sleep. The weekend looms, and that means a morning lie-in for many - though with the clocks going forward there'll be an hour's less shut-eye on Sunday morning. But, says Sean Coughlan, there's much more to getting a really good kip than just shutting your eyes.
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