SPECIAL || BACK TO SCHOOL LINKS
SleepyHeadCENTRAL proudly supports the Start School Later movement, which has shown strong evidence that later school start times for our kids results in smarter, healthier, more well-adjusted kids.
- ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION || Why do middle and high schools resist starting later so teens aren’t exhausted?
- BALTIMORE SUN || Balto. Co. going the wrong direction on school start times: By starting school earlier, Baltimore County is putting efficiency ahead of student health and achievement
- FOX 6 NEWS || Attention parents: 10 tips for child wellness as the new school year starts
- HARKER HEIGHTS HERALD || Tips for child wellness as the new school year starts
- INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH || Sleep Schedules and Going Back to School
- KELOLAND TV || The Importance Of Sleep For Students
- KTAR NEWS || Teens not sleeping enough — some blame school start time, others say tech
- NEUROLOGY ADVISOR || Call for Later School Start Times to Improve Adolescent Sleep Habits
- NORTHJERSEY.com || New law directs New Jersey to study later school start times as benefit to students
- SLEEP BETTER, LIVE BETTER BLOG || Sleepy Students Perform Worse in School
- STATESBORO HERALD || 6 ways to set healthy sleep habits in kids
- WASHINGTON POST || No more sleeping in: How to prepare kids for the cruel reality of school schedules
TOP TEN || Sleep news picks this week -- newest to oldest
1. AUG 13 || GAWKER
Justice Dept.: Human Beings Need Sleep, So Stop Fining Them for Sleeping Outside
Culture
2. AUG 13 || PSYCH CENTRAL
Exercise Reduces Depression-Related Sleep Problems
Lifestyle & Hygiene
3. AUG 12 || MD MAGAZINE
Q&A With Paul Doghramji: Shift Work Disorder and the Future of Sleep Medicine
Public Health & Safety
4. AUG 11 || NATIONAL TRAFFIC SAFETY BOARD
Fatigue and Excessive Speed Caused Multi-Vehicle Accident in New Jersey (referring to injured comedian Tracy Morgan and comedian Jimmy Mack, who perished in the accident)
Celebrities
5. AUG 11 || NEW SCIENTIST
Darting eyes in REM sleep are seeing objects in your dreams
The Science of Sleep
6. AUG 11 || WCTV-TV [FL]
Grieving Mom Celebrates Daughter's Birthday by Launching SIDS Campaign
Pediatrics
Air Traffic Controllers Suffer Scary Sleep Deprivation: The AP has results of a study faulting grueling schedules
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AUG 11 || SLEEP REVIEW
FAA Responds to NASA Controller Fatigue Study Findings
Public Health & Safety
8. AUG 10 || OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH
Worn-out warriors? ONR looks at importance of sleep to warfighters
Military
9. AUG 7 || FORBES
Are Line Haul Drivers Getting Enough Sleep?
Public Health & Safety
10. AUG 7 || SLEEP REVIEW
Don’t Miss Out on Shut-eye, Warns Man Who Was Most Sleep-deprived in UK
Video
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AUG 8 || IRISH EXAMINER [IRELAND]
Hold back the years by sinking into sleep
AUG 9 || DAILY MAIL [UK]
Get more sleep, the middle-aged are told: New government campaign will target over-40s who are risking early death by getting less than six hours a night
This woman has banned herself from laughing because it leaves her temporarily paralysed
AUG 9 || THE STAR ONLINE [MALAYSIA]
Teens trade sleep for success
A good night's sleep not a desirable – an essential
AUG 10 || HERALD SCOTLAND [SCOTLAND]
Colette Douglas Home: To sleep, perchance to become healthier of mind and body. [Editorial]
Health City opens Cayman’s first sleep lab
Parliament deadlock: Rahul Gandhi caught napping during LS debate?
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AUG 10 || WAKE UP NARCOLEPSY [MA]
Announcing ticket sales for the Third Annual Boston Comedy Night! All proceeds from this event will benefit Wake Up Narcolepsy, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working to raise narcolepsy awareness and fund medical research to speed diagnosis, improve treatment, and develop a cure for this debilitating sleep disorder
AUG 11 || WRCB-TV [TN]
Video captures man stealing weighted therapy blanket
AUG 12 || WTOP [DC]
Specialist sheds light on struggle of insomnia
AUG 7 || DAILY BREW
Death by sleepwalking a rare but real possibility, says expert
BUSINESS & WORKPLACE || Workplace safety, corporate news, the business of sleep
AUG 10 || CHEAT SHEET
Why People Who Sleep Better Earn More Money
AUG 12 || WICHITA EAGLE
Small Business Spotlight: Sleeptopia filling a niche in sleep apnea testing
11 Ways Sleep Deprivation Is Ruining Your Career (and What to Do About It)
AUG 8 || KMA LAND
Seasonal Affective Disorder: Summertime Blues
AUG 10 || HEALIO PULMONARY
Respiratory resistance increases in patients with obesity, OSA
AUG 10 || HEALIO RHEUMATOLOGY
Anxiety, depression, sleep disorders common in patients with rheumatic diseases
Digging into memory—and its relationship to sleep
AUG 10 || MD
Sleep Apnea Device Could Slow Diabetes Progression
AUG 10 || METRO
Say goodbye to jet lag with a new mask that rearranges your body clock
AUG 10 || STUFF.co.nz
Six yoga poses to help you sleep better
Alternative Therapies
AUG 10 || VAN WINKLE'S
Insomnia, Suicide and the Redemptive Power of Ketamine
Drugs
AUG 11 || REUTERS
Hetlioz pill may ease sleep disorder for some blind people
Drugs
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AUG 7 || DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Megan Cartwright: Why it’s time to ease up on bed-wetting
Culture
AUG 10 || ENSTARS
'Dancing With the Stars' 2015 Cast: Witney Carson Reveals Why She Has 'Insomnia' While Competing In Season
Celebrities
AUG 9 || MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL
Dr Bill Elliott: Put down your iPad and go to sleep — really
AUG 10 || GAZETTE REVIEW
Regular Bedtime Routine is Beneficial for Health
AUG 11 || GAZETTE REVIEW
Studies Show Napping Benefits Mental Health
AUG 12 || MIMI
Nature’s Way To Get A Good Night’s Sleep
AUG 7 || INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL REVIEW
She Was In So Much Pain From Pregnancy She Couldn’t Sleep. That’s When the Doctor Pulls Out Tape
Women
AUG 10 || GUELPH MERCURY
Adequate sleep crucial for the development of toddlers
Pediatrics
Study: Children who watch TV at night are more prone to nightmares and sleep talking
Pediatrics
AUG 11 || SLEEP REVIEW
Before Surgery, Help Identifying Sleep-disordered Breathing in Kids
Pediatrics
Before Surgery, Help Identifying Sleep-disordered Breathing in Kids
Pediatrics
MULTIMEDIA || Sleep health education and issues captured in film, photography, graphics, podcasts and audio
AUG 11 || CTV NEWS ATLANTIC
Lack of sleep may exacerbate chronic illnesses
Video
AUG 13 || WJHG
Sleep Medical Center Breaks Down the Science of Sleep
Video
AUG 13 || WARWICK BEACON
Letters: Productive Insomnia
Lifestyle & Hygiene
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DREAM LIFE || The art and science of dreamingAm I myself when I sleep? A philosophical look at dreams
AUG 13 || MEDICAL XPRESS
Forget Freud, research on dream imagery may help us understand consciousness
