Heavy pressures at work seem to predispose women to weight gain, irrespective of whether they have received an academic education.
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Long periods of undisturbed sleep during pregnancy may be associated with stillbirth
Sleeping more than nine hours per night during pregnancy may be associated with late stillbirth, a new Michigan Medicine-led international
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Light pollution may cause insomnia in older adults: Artificial, outdoor light exposure at night is significantly associated with hypnotic drug prescription
A new study is the first population-based investigation to report a significant association between artificial, outdoor light exposure at night
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Can’t sleep? Fruit flies and energy drinks offer new clues: Study finds new mechanism for regulating sleep in fruit flies using an ingredient commonly found in energy drinks
Sleep is an essential behavioral state in animals ranging from invertebrates to humans. It is critical for immune function, stable
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Sleep deprived people more likely to have car crashes
A new study in SLEEP indicates that people who have slept for fewer than seven of the past 24 hours
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Finding the sweet spot of a good night’s sleep: Not too long and not too short
Researchers have found a sweet spot of six to eight hours sleep a night is most beneficial for heart health.
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Normalization of ‘plus-size’ risks hidden danger of obesity
New research warns that the normalisation of ‘plus-size’ body shapes may be leading to an increasing number of people underestimating
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Drowsy worms offer new insights into the neuroscience of sleep
A good night of sleep entails about eight hours of blissful immobility — a state of near paralysis that, though
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Consumer sleep technology is no substitute for medical evaluation: Wearables and apps may provide valuable data to clinicians, but need further validation
According to a position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), consumer sleep technology must be cleared by
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New link between sleep arousals and body temperature may also be connected to SIDS
Brief arousals during sleep — sometimes as many as ten to fifteen per night — appear random in time and
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