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Recovery on the reservation: Montana sisters help peers stop using drugs

There’s a narrative about the meth epidemic in Montana that says the state tackled the problem in the 2000s yet it’s back with a vengeance because of super labs and drug cartels in Mexico. Within the Fort Belknap Indian Community, though, it never really went away.

6 Jun 2017

Difference between weekday and weekend sleep found to be connected to negative health outcomes

According to the research abstract published recently in an online supplement of Sleep, social jet lag has emerged as an important circadian marker for health outcomes.

6 Jun 2017

Room sharing between babies and mothers linked to less sleep, unsafe sleeping practices

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends parents keep babies in the same room with them to sleep for the first year to prevent sudden infant death syndrome.

5 Jun 2017

Social jet lag emerged as significant circadian marker for health outcomes, study shows

Preliminary results of a new study show that social jet lag has emerged as an important circadian marker for health outcomes.

5 Jun 2017

Regular sleep pattern contributes to happiness and well-being of college students

Preliminary results from the "SNAPSHOT study", an NIH-funded collaborative research project between the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and MIT Media Lab Affective Computing Group, suggest that keeping a regular sleep pattern contributes to the happiness and well-being of college students.

5 Jun 2017

Short-term sleep extension improves athletes' visual search abilities and daytime functioning

Preliminary results from a new study suggest that short-term sleep extension improves response time and daytime functioning of professional baseball players.

5 Jun 2017

Seven-hour sleep duration increases chances of achieving remission in depressed patients with insomnia

Preliminary results from a new study show that depressed patients with insomnia who sleep seven or more hours per night are more likely to benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI) and achieve depression remission.

5 Jun 2017

Studies suggest increased risk of hypertension, diabetes in people with mild-to-moderate sleep apnea

Preliminary data from two studies suggest that mild-to-moderate obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of developing hypertension and diabetes.

5 Jun 2017

Bed partners may unintentionally contradict treatment recommendations for insomnia patients

Preliminary results from a new study show that partners of people who have insomnia may try to be supportive by engaging in a range of behaviors that unintentionally contradict treatment recommendations.

5 Jun 2017

New skin-adhesive diagnostic patch detects sleep apnea across all severity levels

Results of a definitive clinical trial show that a new, disposable diagnostic patch effectively detects obstructive sleep apnea across all severity levels.

5 Jun 2017

Newborns of mothers with sleep apnea have higher risk of congenital anomalies, resuscitation at birth

A new study is the first to demonstrate a higher risk of congenital anomalies and resuscitation at birth in newborns of mothers who have obstructive sleep apnea.

5 Jun 2017

Study finds symptoms of depression in 33% of hospitalized patients

About one in three hospitalized patients shows symptoms of depression, potentially affecting their clinical outcomes, a new Cedars-Sinai study has found.

2 Jun 2017

Delayed eating can increase weight and negatively affect fat metabolism

New findings suggest eating late at night could be more dangerous than you think. Compared to eating earlier in the day, prolonged delayed eating can increase weight, insulin and cholesterol levels, and negatively affect fat metabolism, and hormonal markers implicated in heart disease, diabetes and other health problems, according to results from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

2 Jun 2017

Meal-times help to regulate our body clock, study finds

The human body works according to a roughly 24-hr cycle. It is controlled by a master clock in the brain and by peripheral clocks in other parts of the body, which are synchronized according to external cues such as light.

2 Jun 2017

Late-night tweeting by NBA players linked to worse personal statistics in games

Preliminary data from a new study suggests that NBA players had worse personal statistics in games that followed a late-night tweet between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Players scored on average about 1 point less in games following late-night tweets, and their shooting accuracy dropped 1.7 percentage points compared with their performance in games that did not follow late-night tweeting.

2 Jun 2017

Antidepressant use during pregnancy not linked to newborn problems at 2-4 weeks after birth

Babies exposed to an antidepressant or a mood disorder during fetal life did not have any more signs of irritability, difficulty feeding, sleep disturbances and respiratory problems two to four weeks after birth than babies who were not exposed.

1 Jun 2017

Research findings may pave way for miracle drug to treat narcolepsy

Narcolepsy, a serious sleep disorder in which patients often fall asleep uncontrollably, has been incurable because no effective therapeutic agents are available to date. Recent findings by Japanese scientists in the sleep institute may shed light on this challenging problem.

30 May 2017

Troubles with normal dreaming may be early warning sign for neurological conditions

Dr. John Peever at the University of Toronto has been working to answer one of humanity's greatest questions: how do we dream? He has found a certain area of the brain is responsible for this phenomenon and that troubles with normal dreaming may be an early warning sign for ailments such as Parkinson's Disease.

30 May 2017

Complex impacts of mobile technology on child and adolescent development

A new special section of Child Development shows how particularly diverse the use of mobile technology is among children and adolescents, and points to great complexity in the effects of that usage.

30 May 2017

New sleep system helps profoundly disabled 5-year-old boy with complex care needs to get full night's sleep

A 5-year-old boy, who is profoundly disabled and has complex needs, has been given his first full night’s sleep thanks to a pioneering new sleep system.

29 May 2017

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Recovery on the reservation: Montana sisters help peers stop using drugs

Difference between weekday and weekend sleep found to be connected to negative health outcomes

Room sharing between babies and mothers linked to less sleep, unsafe sleeping practices

Social jet lag emerged as significant circadian marker for health outcomes, study shows

Regular sleep pattern contributes to happiness and well-being of college students

Short-term sleep extension improves athletes' visual search abilities and daytime functioning

Seven-hour sleep duration increases chances of achieving remission in depressed patients with insomnia

Studies suggest increased risk of hypertension, diabetes in people with mild-to-moderate sleep apnea

Bed partners may unintentionally contradict treatment recommendations for insomnia patients

New skin-adhesive diagnostic patch detects sleep apnea across all severity levels

Newborns of mothers with sleep apnea have higher risk of congenital anomalies, resuscitation at birth

Study finds symptoms of depression in 33% of hospitalized patients

Delayed eating can increase weight and negatively affect fat metabolism

Meal-times help to regulate our body clock, study finds

Late-night tweeting by NBA players linked to worse personal statistics in games

Antidepressant use during pregnancy not linked to newborn problems at 2-4 weeks after birth

Research findings may pave way for miracle drug to treat narcolepsy

Troubles with normal dreaming may be early warning sign for neurological conditions

Complex impacts of mobile technology on child and adolescent development

New sleep system helps profoundly disabled 5-year-old boy with complex care needs to get full night's sleep

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