Snoring may help diagnose sleep disorderOctober 12th, 2009 LONDON - Researchers have developed a computer programme, which can analyse the snoring pattern of people to help diagnose a specific sleep disorder. Doctors at University of Queensland and the Princess Alexandra Hospital assessed the snoring of 20 patients with sleep apnoea by first recording it.
New nasal spray perks up memoryOctober 2nd, 2009 LONDON - There's some good news for students with feeble memories. A nasal spray developed by German scientists promises to boost late night cram sessions, provided a good night's sleep follows.
Alcoholism negatively affects sleep despite long periods of sobrietyOctober 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Long-term alcoholism can have detrimental effects on a person's sleep despite long periods of abstinence, according to a study. And the above pattern is similar in both men and women.
Simple ways to quiet ordinary snoringSeptember 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Snoring often leads to embarrassment and wrecks a good night sleep of your partner. Now, experts from Mayo Clinic have offered some simple ways to silence the disturbing nasal sound.
Mechanism behind memory formation during sleep uncoveredSeptember 16th, 2009 LONDON - A team of scientists have for the first time uncovered the mechanism that causes learning and memory formation during sleep. Researchers led by Gyorgy Buzsaki, professor at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University, Newark, have determined that short transient brain events, called "sharp wave ripples," are responsible for consolidating memory and transferring the learned information from the hippocampus to the neocortex, where long-term memories are stored.
Sound recordings can help detect obstructive sleep apnoeaSeptember 11th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian scientists have come up with a non-invasive screening tool for detecting obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Snoring is a very early symptom of sleep apnoea, however, monitoring the changes in pitch, frequency and other characteristics of the snores can help detect OSA.
Seizure drug improves sleep in menopausal women with hot flashesSeptember 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A drug initially used to treat seizures improves sleep quality in menopausal women with hot flashes, claims a new study. University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have reported the finding online and in the September issue of the Journal of Women's Health.
Why we sleep - 'science-wise'August 21st, 2009 LONDON - From animals to humans, everybody requires a good night sleep. However, the function of sleep still remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of science, say researchers.
Mobile addicts 'have slower minds, make more mistakes'August 5th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Heavy mobile phone users have poorer memory, slower reaction times and make more mistakes, a new study has found. The study by researchers from Monash University reviewed 300 students aged 12 to 14 from 20 Melbourne private and state schools.
Why sleep deprivation affects some people more than othersJune 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Conducting a new imaging research, scientists have explained why sleep deprivation affects some people more than others. Researchers observed that people who are genetically vulnerable to sleep loss showed reduced brain activity after staying awake all night, while those who are genetically resilient showed expanded brain activity.
Sleep duration linked to weight gainJune 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - According to a new study, Body Mass Index (BMI) varies as a function of habitual sleep duration. The study has been presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
Sleep may help regulate emotional responsesJune 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed that sleep selectively preserves memories that are emotionally salient and relevant to future goals when sleep follows soon after learning. Lead author Dr Jessica Payne, of Harvard Medical School in Boston MA has revealed that sleeping brain seems to calculate what is most important about an experience and selects only what is adaptive for consolidation and long term storage.
Couples' sleep quality linked to quality of their relationshipJune 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has found a link between couples' sleep quality and the quality of their relationship. It has shown that couples' relationship quality affects their sleep, and their sleep also affects their subsequent relationship functioning.
REM sleep enhances creative problem solving more than any other sleep or wake stateJune 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A leading expert on the positive benefits of napping says that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving. Dr. Sara Mednick, assistant professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego and the VA San Diego Healthcare System, says that these findings may have important implications for how sleep, specifically REM sleep, fosters the formation of associative networks in the brain.
Watching television before bedtime can lead to sleep debtJune 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Television watching may be an important determinant of bedtime and may contribute to sleep debt, according to the latest research. The study included 21,475 people aged 15 or older.
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