Monthly Archives: November, 2011

Do Americans sleep better than the British?

November 18th, 2011 | No Comments

This morning Sleepio co-founder Peter Hames was invited back onto BBC World Service for an update on the response to the World Sleep Survey following Tuesday’s World Update. We saw a fantastic reaction to the survey all the way from Afganistan to Zambia, with the greatest number of responses from... Read on ›

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ITN Tonight goes “inside insomnia”

November 17th, 2011 | 2 Comments

This evening’s ITN’s Tonight program will be focusing on the “urgent need” to address insomnia, the most common sleep disorder affecting around 10% of the population.  The program will explore the varying forms of help which may be offered to those experiencing the problem and the availability of such treatments... Read on ›

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The World Sleep Survey on the BBC World Service

November 15th, 2011 | 3 Comments

This morning Sleepio’s co-founder, Peter Hames, was lucky enough to be invited onto BBC World Service’s ‘World Update’ as a guest, to talk about the World Sleep Survey. The World Sleep Survey, which aims to be the largest ever survey of the world’s sleep, was launched by Sleepio following the success... Read on ›

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Sleepio teams up with Channel 4’s Food Hospital

November 15th, 2011 | 7 Comments

Channel 4’s new series, ‘The Food Hospital’ focuses on “using food as medicine” and we are proud to have been involved in the episode dealing with insomnia. As part of the series, the ‘Big Food Trial’ looks into the possible effects of food on medical conditions with a series of nationwide experiments... Read on ›

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Nation’s health at risk due to poor sleep?

November 14th, 2011 | No Comments

Last weekend The Observer ran a couple of great articles which we hope will help to further raise the profile of the Nation’s sleep problems and the need for evidence-based solutions. However we wanted to clarify and expand on some of the statistics quoted from the Great British Sleep Survey... Read on ›

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Bye bye British Summertime: Why the clocks go back and the effect on your sleep

November 4th, 2011 | 1 Comment

It’s that time of year again – as the nights draw in, like an early Christmas present, we get an extra glorious hour in bed. But what many regard as a welcome lie-in has, once more, provoked heated debate. The idea behind Daylight Saving Time (DST) (otherwise known as British Summertime)... Read on ›

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