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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Do Americans sleep better than the British?
November 18th, 2011 | No Comments
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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 | 6 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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Poor Sleep, Poor Health
September 6th, 2011 | No Comments
We all know that a night’s poor sleep can leave us feeling less than perky the next day, but now it seems that a bad night may have more serious implications for our general health. Research published by the American Heart Association suggests that consistently poor sleep may cause... Read on ›
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Reduced sleep duration linked to increased likelihood of future obesity in young children
June 3rd, 2011 | No Comments
A recent study published in the prestigious British Medical Journal reports that children who do not get enough sleep have an increased likelihood of becoming overweight and obese. Many previous cross-sectional and prospective studies have reported that sleeping less is associated with elevations in Body Mass Index (BMI), in both children... Read on ›
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Email-delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia effective at improving sleep quality and depression symptoms in college students
May 18th, 2011 | No Comments
A new study, published online in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, reports findings from a trial of email-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for poor sleep in college students. The authors focussed on college students since they are known to have erratic sleep schedules and poor sleep quality, which could... Read on ›
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Insomnia is the most common residual symptom after positive response to anti-depressant medication
May 18th, 2011 | No Comments
A new study has systematically investigated the frequency and nature of depressive symptoms that remain in individuals with Major Depressive Disorder, despite responding favourably to the anti-depressant, Citalopram. It has been well documented that residual depressive symptoms, even for those who go into remission, increase the likelihood of future relapse.... Read on ›
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