Category Archives: Interesting...

Non-depressed individuals with insomnia have double the risk of developing future depression

March 8th, 2011 | No Comments

Depression and poor sleep are known to be strongly related, and until relatively recently insomnia has tended to be viewed as secondary to depressed mood. It has been documented however, that poor sleep can also pre-date the onset of depression, hinder response to treatments for depression, and remain long after... Read on ›

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Researchers shed light on poor sleep quality in patients with tinnitus

February 17th, 2011 | No Comments

A recent study may help shed light on sleep complaints in those with tinnitus. Chronic tinnitus, a disorder which may affect up to 15% of the population, is characterised by the perception of sounds (ringing, buzzing, and hissing) without the presence of external auditory stimulation. Such sounds can be distressing... Read on ›

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Brief Behavioural Treatment Improves Chronic Sleep Disturbance in Elderly Adults

February 17th, 2011 | No Comments

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have recently published a study detailing the benefits of a behavioural intervention in improving sleep in older adults. The study team, led by Dr. Dan Buysse, randomly allocated 79 elderly patients with chronic insomnia (including those with insomnia and other co-occurring medical and psychiatric illness)... Read on ›

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Sleep helps us store memories

February 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

A recent study has shown that the hours we are asleep help us to store important information and memories. The study published in the Journal of Neuorscience shows that during deep sleep, the brain sorts through our memories from the day and files away the ones that we need to keep. “Our... Read on ›

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Are you making these sleep mistakes?

December 29th, 2010 | No Comments

For some people, sleep just comes naturally and they have no problems.  For others, sleep can be a struggle and it takes a real effort to get enough.  If the latter sounds like your situation, here are the sleep mistakes you need to avoid… We recently came across this article which... Read on ›

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Beauty sleep really does make you more attractive

December 20th, 2010 | No Comments

“Tired?  Turns out you’re probably ugly too…” Well, that headline from an Australian newspaper really says it all! A recent Swedish study compared photos of people when they were well-rested with photos of them when they were sleep deprived.  These photos were shown to a group of untrained participants, who consistently judged... Read on ›

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People spend as much time using media as sleeping!

November 15th, 2010 | No Comments

There never seems to be enough hours in the day to get everything done…probably because the majority of us spend half our waking hours connecting with media! A recent study by media research agency Ipsus OXT showed that our daily media usage has grown by 40 minutes each year since 2008... Read on ›

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Scientist suffers rare form of narcolepsy triggered by laughing

November 7th, 2010 | No Comments

Yep, you did read that right….we had to read it twice as well!   UK Antarctic scientist Claire Allen suffers from suffers from bouts of ‘cataplexy’ triggered by feelings such as fear, surprise or happiness. Cataplexy is a rare symptom of narcolepsy which causes her to lose control of her body... Read on ›

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It happens to the best of us…

October 29th, 2010 | No Comments

>> Check out the blog where we sourced this image (The name of the blog contains swearing…don’t say we didn’t warn you!)

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Struggling to sleep? Listen to Coldplay

October 27th, 2010 | No Comments

If you like to listen to music to help you fall asleep at night, you need to go out and buy all of Coldplay’s albums today. According to a survey of 6000 Britons by hotel chain Travelodge, the “monotonous, meditative melodies” of Chris Martin are the nation’s favourite way to get... Read on ›

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