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Good Nights Sleep Program: Empowering Low-Income Families to Improve Sleep for Children and Parents A new pilot randomized clinical trial suggests that empowering low-income families to make attainable changes to their sleep behaviors and home environments can produce measurable improvements in both child and parent sleep. Researchers from Auburn University and Arizona State University tested […]
Clock gene signature predicts insomnia and links to sleep/circadian parameters The expression of clock genes in blood cells can distinguish people with chronic insomnia from healthy controls and identify the biologically more severe subtype of the condition, according to a study published July 1 in Translational Psychiatry. Researchers led by Catarina Carvalhas-Almeida at the University […]
rTMS Boosts Slow-Wave Activity and Processing Speed in Older Adults with Cognitive Decline A single session of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) applied to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex increased slow-wave activity (SWA) during subsequent sleep and was associated with improved processing speed in older adults with subjective cognitive decline, according to a proof-of-concept pilot […]
Clock gene signature predicts insomnia and links to sleep/circadian parameters The expression of clock genes in blood cells can distinguish people with chronic insomnia from healthy controls and identify the biologically more severe subtype of the condition, according to a study published July 1 in Translational Psychiatry. Researchers led by Catarina Carvalhas-Almeida at the University […]
The relationship between healthy sleep patterns and the risk of scoliosis: a large prospective cohort study Healthy sleep patterns may significantly reduce the risk of developing scoliosis in middle-aged and older adults, according to a large prospective study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience. Analyzing data from nearly 409,000 participants in the UK Biobank, researchers found […]
rTMS Boosts Slow-Wave Activity and Processing Speed in Older Adults with Cognitive Decline A single session of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) applied to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex increased slow-wave activity (SWA) during subsequent sleep and was associated with improved processing speed in older adults with subjective cognitive decline, according to a proof-of-concept pilot […]
The relationship between healthy sleep patterns and the risk of scoliosis: a large prospective cohort study Healthy sleep patterns may significantly reduce the risk of developing scoliosis in middle-aged and older adults, according to a large prospective study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience. Analyzing data from nearly 409,000 participants in the UK Biobank, researchers found […]
Good Nights Sleep Program: Empowering Low-Income Families to Improve Sleep for Children and Parents A new pilot randomized clinical trial suggests that empowering low-income families to make attainable changes to their sleep behaviors and home environments can produce measurable improvements in both child and parent sleep. Researchers from Auburn University and Arizona State University tested […]
Sleep and Exercise Work Together to Shield Seniors from Frailty, Landmark CHARLS Study Shows Getting both adequate sleep and sufficient physical activity may be one of the most powerful strategies for preventing rapid physical decline in older adults, according to new longitudinal evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). The research, published […]
Functional data analysis of college students’ sleep patterns and their relationships with academic performance and social networks: A four-year longitudinal study College students who earn higher grades sleep nearly half an hour longer each night on average, and the size of that sleep advantage fluctuates dramatically across undergraduate years, according to a new longitudinal study […]
