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Newswise: Seasonal Depression Can Loom As Time Change Goes Into Effect
Released: 3-Nov-2021 3:20 PM EDT
Seasonal Depression Can Loom As Time Change Goes Into Effect
Cedars-Sinai

Daylight saving time ends this weekend, signaling the beginning of a season filled with holiday celebrations and family traditions for many. But for some, the time change also marks the beginning of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also known as seasonal depression or winter depression.

Released: 3-Nov-2021 11:50 AM EDT
Dreading the Fall Back? You’re Not Alone
RUSH

Daylight saving time is doing far more harm than good, according to sleep scientists. James Wyatt, PhD, clinical sleep disorder specialist, explains.

Released: 2-Nov-2021 11:25 AM EDT
Good Managers Are Conscious of 'Sleep Leadership,' Johns Hopkins Study Shows
Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School

In a new paper, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Professor Brian Gunia and his co-authors examine “sleep leadership,” the idea that organizational leaders can take specific actions to promote better sleep among employees and thereby improve employees’ workplace outcomes and the overall well-being of the organization.

   
Released: 28-Oct-2021 11:35 AM EDT
Why sleep experts recommend eliminating time changes and sticking with permanent standard time
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)

Daylight saving time is coming to an end on Nov. 7, when most of the country will “fall back” to standard time by setting our clocks back one hour. If the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) had its way, we would never change our clocks back to daylight saving time.

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Released: 28-Oct-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Short on Sleep? Your Heart May Have a Harder Time Adjusting to Disruptions during Sleep
American Physiological Society (APS)

Otherwise healthy adults with chronically limited sleep showed abnormal heart rate patterns in a new study published in the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. The study was chosen as an APSselect article for October.

Released: 27-Oct-2021 4:00 PM EDT
Time to retire daylight saving time
Washington University in St. Louis

Change is upon us once again. Come the first Sunday of November, we will gain an hour of morning sunlight. The one-hour adjustment to the clock on the wall may not sound dramatic. But our biological clock begs to differ.Take, for example, the members of society blissfully unaware of social time: our youngest children and pets.

Released: 26-Oct-2021 1:45 PM EDT
DOD Funds $4.3-million Initiative to Improve Sleep, Clearance of the Brain
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

The U.S. Department of Defense is funding the first human trial of a device to speed up and enhance the natural system of brain cleansing that occurs when we sleep.

   
Released: 22-Oct-2021 3:05 PM EDT
A good night’s sleep may mitigate infant obesity risks
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Scientists have long suggested that getting enough sleep at night is vital to staying healthy.

18-Oct-2021 3:45 PM EDT
Hit the sleep ‘sweet spot’ to keep brain sharp
Washington University in St. Louis

Older adults who sleep short or long experienced greater cognitive decline than those who sleep a moderate amount, even when the effects of early Alzheimer’s disease were taken into account, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Released: 19-Oct-2021 11:55 AM EDT
Getting Your Child Back to Sleep
Valley Health System

Having a good night’s sleep is vital for a child’s well-being. But getting your child to sleep is not always the easiest task. With the stressors of the past almost two years, there has also been an increase in the incidence and severity of hyperactivity, insomnia, anxiety, and depression in children, especially adolescents. Prabhavathi Gummalla, MD, FAAP, pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine specialist at The Valley Hospital’s Pediatric Sleep Disorders and Apnea Center, in Ridgewood, NJ, discusses how to get your child back to sleep.

Newswise: Women More Likely to Get Addicted, Overdose; Too Little Sleep May Lead to Relapse
18-Oct-2021 10:20 AM EDT
Women More Likely to Get Addicted, Overdose; Too Little Sleep May Lead to Relapse
American Physiological Society (APS)

The results of several new studies focusing on sex differences in pain and addiction indicate females could be more susceptible to drug addiction and addiction-like behaviors than males.

Released: 18-Oct-2021 2:10 PM EDT
The human immune system is an early riser
Université de Genève (University of Geneva)

Circadian clocks, which regulate most of the physiological processes of living beings over a rhythm of about 24 hours, are one of the most fundamental biological mechanisms. By deciphering the cell migration mechanisms underlying the immune response, scientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), in Switzerland, and the Ludwigs-Maximilians University (LMU), in Germany, have shown that the activation of the immune system is modulated according to the time of day.

Released: 14-Oct-2021 12:40 PM EDT
Mayo Clinic book author gives insights on living younger longer by preventing disease
Mayo Clinic

ROCHESTER, Minn. — While people know their health affects their longevity and quality of life, many struggle to do even the small things that will help them live younger longer. Stephen Kopecky, M.D., a preventive cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, shares his insights on protecting overall health and boosting the immune system from his book, "Live Younger Longer: 6 Steps to Prevent Heart Disease, Cancer, Alzheimer's and More." Dr. Kopecky is a two-time cancer survivor.

Released: 13-Oct-2021 12:05 PM EDT
Why do we rebel against bedtime?
University of Florida

A psychology researcher explains the phenomenon of bedtime procrastination — and how to fix it.

Released: 11-Oct-2021 12:45 PM EDT
Sleep loss does not impact ability to assess emotional information
Washington State University

It’s no secret that going without sleep can affect people’s mood, but a new study shows it does not interfere with their ability to evaluate emotional situations.

Newswise: Tracking How the Environment Influences Circadian Rhythms
Released: 8-Oct-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Tracking How the Environment Influences Circadian Rhythms
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Having challenged the idea that our environment cannot alter our genetically controlled 24-hour sleep-wake cycle, circadian rhythm researcher Jennifer Hurley has embarked on a new project tracing the mechanism between environmental signals and the circadian clock.

   
Released: 6-Oct-2021 8:30 AM EDT
Sleep Quality Research Earns FAU Scientist ‘Alzheimer’s Association’ Award
Florida Atlantic University

Poor sleep quality is associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This award will support the development of non-invasive methods to monitor sleep quality, which will provide a key advance to assess if new candidate drugs truly restore sleep quality in the brain. These indicators of sleep brain quality could speed up the development of sleep treatments to improve the quality of life and the progression of AD. Because sleep disruption also occurs in other dementias, the indicators developed could positively impact additional diseases.

Released: 5-Oct-2021 1:40 PM EDT
$35 million to support study of sleep disorder linked to neurodegeneration
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) of McGill University have received a five-year grant expected to total $35.1 million for an extension of a study designed to develop biomarkers that indicate which people with the sleep disorder will go on to develop neurodegenerative diseases.

Released: 5-Oct-2021 1:10 PM EDT
Sleep disorder linked to neurodegeneration aim of NIH-funded grant
Mayo Clinic

People with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder act out their dreams. While sleeping safely in bed, for example, they might throw up their arms to catch an imaginary ball or try to run from an illusory assailant.

Released: 30-Sep-2021 1:55 PM EDT
Notable Oral Abstracts and Late-Breaking Science to Be Presented at Otolaryngology’s Annual Meeting
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

The AAO-HNSF 2021 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience is presenting cutting-edge and late-breaking science October 3-6, in Los Angeles, California. Access the Best of Oral and Late-Breaking Scientific presentation abstracts at https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/otoj/165/1_suppl.



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