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17 September 2016

Sleep Hygiene September || Take 2 Tips: Take a nap.

APR 26 || NATIONAL POST
Workers should be allowed to nap after lunch, says French think tank: ‘The politics of insomnia must end!’
"Even as Spain moves to kill the siesta, a leading Gallic think-tank says French businesses should encourage staff to take a post-lunch snooze of 15 to 20 minutes, insisting that it boosts productivity."

JUN 7 || FLYER NEWS
Could the key to your best life be… napping?
The best way to fall asleep quickly is to sleep under the right conditions. It can be hard to boost your productivity by taking a 10-minute nap when it takes you 30 minutes just to get to sleep. Make sure temperatures are optimal, set an alarm, block out as much noise and light as possible and prepare for a successful sleeping venture."




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28 December 2015

Making New Year's Resolutions? Put sleep at the top of your list

"Almofadas" by Castelaa - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Here are 10 simple ways to add "better sleep" to your goals for 2016:

  1. Put your smartphones and other handheld electronic devices away 1 HOUR BEFORE BED.
  2. Eat smaller, leaner portions at dinnertime at least two (ideally three) hours before bed.
  3. Spray lavender mist on your pillow at bedtime.
  4. Learn yogic breathing and practice it if you are struggling to sleep.
  5. Wear an eye mask if streetlights outside are keeping you awake.
  6. Invest in a new pillow. It doesn't have to be expensive, it just has to support your neck and spine.
  7. Drink an ice-cold glass of water at bedtime to help encourage a lower core temperature for sleep.
  8. Give yourself permission to nap... and then take a nap if you need one.
  9. Use a saline nasal spray at bedtime to keep your nasal and sinus passages clear.
  10. Stop all consumption of caffeine products by no later than 3pm.

19 September 2015

THIS WEEK IN SLEEP NEWS, Sept 11-18

 SLEEPTEMBER  || A patient-driven grassroots campaign to crowdsource funds for research related to sleep loss and chronic medical conditions related to sleep loss and how these impact public health and safety. 
 SPECIAL  || Calls to action, announcements, recalls, breaking news 
  •   HAPPY FIRST ANNIVERSARY TO SLEEPY HEAD CENTRAL!   
  • Ask Congress to designate a national awareness day for Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS). Many lifelong night owls actually suffer from (DSPS), a circadian rhythm disorder that is commonly experienced in young adults as a part of neurological development in late adolescence. Many adults never recover from these odd hours, however, and the result is ongoing daytime somnolence and other issues related to relationships and work. People with DSPS are not lazy or undisciplined; they have a legitimate sleep disorder and need diagnosis and treatment. As of this post, 9/1000 signatures have been collected. SIGN HERE to add yours
  • The National Sleep Foundation announces its 2015 Sleep Health & Safety Conference to be held at the McLean Hilton in McLean, Virginia, on November 6, 2015. Policy makers, manufacturers and the sleep community plan to discuss the challenges of keeping highways safe by using technology and prevention to reduce drowsy driving statistics. The keynote address will be delivered by the administrator to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Honorable Mark Rosekind. Registration information 

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 TOP TEN  || Sleep news picks this week -- newest to oldest

1. SEPT 18 || HUFFINGTON POST
6 Things People With Sleep Apnea Wish You Knew
Culture


2. SEPT 16 || THE CHATTANOOGA PULSE

Sleep of the Civil Servant (Again)
Curator's remarks: All the science-y articles in the world cannot teach what we as human beings can related to via direct life experience.
First Person

3. SEPT 16 || NEWSMAX
What to Do When Arthritis Won't Let You Sleep
Lifestyle & Hygiene

4. SEPT 16 || UPI
Genetics play role in development of adult insomnia
The Science of Sleep

5.  SEPT  15 || QUANTA MAGAZINE
How the Body’s Trillions of Clocks Keep Time
The Science of Sleep


6. SEPT  15 || VANCOUVER SUN
Lessons learned from a hard day’s night in a sleep lab
Curator's remarks: Here's a brief walk-through of what a sleep study looks like, incorporating the sensors, patient experience and technology. (To my RPSGT pals: those EOGs, wayyyyy off! LOL)

The Science of Sleep

7. SEPT 15 || VISUAL NEWS
Game-Changing Mattress Maker ‘Casper’ Goes on a Nap Tour
Lifestyle & Hygiene

8. SEPT 14 || CHANNEL 5
I Woke Up In a Morgue
Documentary


9.  SEPT 14 || NEW YORK MAGAZINE
Your Sleep Tracker Probably Isn’t Very Good at Tracking Your Sleep
Curator's remarks: Just because the technology exists doesn't mean it actually works.

Technology


10.  SEPT 14 || WFLA-NEWSCHANNEL 8
Children experiencing trouble in the classroom may have sleep disorder
Curator's remarks: Before you accept a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD for your school-aged child, consider getting a second opinion from a sleep physician.

Kids
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 WORLD  || International sleep news

SEPT  11 || THE DAILY MAIL [UK]
Is this FINALLY the answer to avoiding jet lag? The 'calculator' that tells you how to shift your body clock and beat groggy feelings

SEPT  11 || THE SIASAT DAILY [INDIA]
What Role does Your Biological Clock Play in Recovery?

SEPT  12 || THE DAILY TIMES [PAKISTAN]
Is lack of sleep making you gain weight?

SEPT  12 || THE DOMINION POST [NEW ZEALAND]
Husband guilty of raping wife said he acted in his sleep
Curator's remarks: When is it okay to mock someone with a disabling invisible illness like narcolepsy? Never. But it's just as harmful as mocking a person who is blind or has a club foot. Mockery = ignorance. Stahhhhhp it, people. 

SEPT  16 || THE GUARDIAN [UK]
A stroll by the sea will help you sleep longer, study finds

SEPT  17 || AAAS.org [EUROPE]
Sleepless in Slovenia: The European countries with the highest rates of insomnia

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 NATIONAL  || Sleep news across the U.S.

SEPT 11 || THE GUARDIAN [OR]
Plane passenger woke, stood, urinated on others and went back to sleep

SEPT 13 || AIKEN STANDARD [SC]
Trouble sleeping? There could be a reason
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 PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY  || Community health: epidemiology, transportation, industry, education

SEPT 12 || SLEEP BETTER, LIVE BETTER 
The Sleep Loss Epidemic: the huge social, medical, and economic costs of sleep deprivation
Curator's remarks: The statistics are real and they get worse every year. 

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 BUSINESS & WORKPLACE  || Workplace safety, corporate news, the business of sleep

SEPT  11 || IOL LIFESTYLE
Could the world of work start later?
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 THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP  || Scientific research and basic sleep health resources

SEPT  11 || MD
Sleep Problems and Breathing Problems May Indicate Neurological Injury

SEPT  14 || WASHINGTON POST
What goes on while you are sleeping
SEPT  15 || NATION MULTIMEDIA
Snoring--The Silent Killer

SEPT  15 || SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Why We Sleep

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 TECHNOLOGY  || Devices and tools for diagnosing and treating sleep health issues

SEPT  11 || THE NEW YORK TIMES
High-Tech Lights to Help Baby Sleep, or Students Stay Alert


SEPT  11 || ONE:LIFE
Sleep better: Tech that blocks blue light
Curator's remarks: If you're not going to stop staring at screen right before bed, at least invest in some kind of blue blocking technology. (Me? I follow my own advice; I wear blue blocking glasses when I work after dark and use a blue-light filtered booklight to read on my non-backlit Kindle at bedtime. Look Ma! No insomnia!) 

SEPT  14 || HEALTH DAY NEWS
Sleep Apnea Treatment May Reverse Unhealthy Brain Changes


SEPT  16 || THE NEW YORK TIMES
Sleep Aids to Get You Through the Night

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 DRUGS & THERAPIES  || Pharmacology, therapeutics, alternative medicine

SEPT  11 || LONGEVITY 
Yoga for Sleep
Alternative therapies


SEPT  14 || GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT 
Is natural sleep the only kind that counts? Or can we make that artificial, too?
Curator's remarks: Three cheers for better sleep hygiene!
Drugs

SEPT  16 || THE TELEGRAPH 
Coffee stops jet lag by rewinding the body clock - but there’s a catch
Drugs

SEPT  18 || BANGOR DAILY NEWS
Treating depression, anxiety and insomnia with Chinese medicine
Alternative Therapies

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 CULTURE  || Cultural and social expressions and discussions about sleep

SEPT  11 || THE TELEGRAPH
Is it time to rethink time?
Curator's remarks: Though the philosophy of this discussion is gratifying, until the world can reframe its priorities to center on human health before big business, the odds of changing our relationship to time to improve circadian rhythm function globally are probably astronomical.

Culture

SEPT 12 || JULIE FLYGARE
Narcolepsy Presentations at UCLA Med School 2015 – “A learning experience for both medical students and seasoned physicians.”
Education

SEPT  14 || THE GUARDIAN 
Aristocratic bloodlines sullied – how do the well-to-do sleep? Many working-class communities have adapted to racial diversity. Would that you could say the same for their alleged social betters
Status Quo

SEPT  15 || YAHOO! SPORTS
Aussie Olympic coaches encouraging late nights and sleep-ins
Sports

SEPT  16 || THE AUSTRALIAN 
Grant Hackett finds the cure for his sleeping dramas
Sports

SEPT  17 || THE BATT
Student debuts mental health-inspired novel
Literature

SEPT  17 || QUILL & QUIRE 
Nino Ricci and the power of Sleep
Literature

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 LIFESTYLE & HYGIENE  || Helps for patients and clues for sleep self-improvement

SEPT  11 || THE MIRROR
A lack of sleep can having a devastating impact on your body - and love life

SEPT  11 || MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE NEWS 
Alcohol Affects Mitochondria Due to Circadian Clock’s Disruption


SEPT  13 || SLEEP JUNKIE 
7 sleep sins that keep you awake at night
Curator's remarks: SHC can't reiterate it enough--we need to practice better sleep hygiene. All of us. 

SEPT  14 || THE GLOBE AND MAIL
A good night’s sleep is yet another reward for exercising

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 FAMILY  || Sleep health through the lifespan: pediatrics, womens health, family health, eldercare

SEPT 14 || THE HERALD JOURNAL
Sleepy teenagers? Don't blame them — blame Mother Nature
Kids

SEPT 14 || SEATTLE MAMA DOC
Using Melatonin To Help Children Fall Asleep
Kids

SEPT 15 || HYPERSOMNIA FOUNDATION
Crash Course: Public School Accommodations for Children with Hypersomnia (Part 1)
Kids

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 MEDIA || Sleep health education and issues captured in graphics, photos, audio, film

SEPT  13 || AMERICAN SLEEP APNEA ASSOCIATION
NFL players are at 4-5 times greater risk of having sleep apnea than the average population. #NFL #apnea #SleepHealth
Tweet

SEPT  14 || AETNA HEALTH NEWS
See what happens when you don’t get enough sleep: We challenged a group of stunt experts to demonstrate how lack of sleep affects our ability to function
Video

SEPT  14 || MAYO CLINIC MINUTE
Mayo Clinic Minute: Sleep, Depression, PTSD
Video

SEPT  14 || PREVENTION
6 Ways #LackofSleep Hurts You – @PreventionMag + Body Diagram on Sleep Deprivation #SleepTips #HealthTips huge goal
Tweet

SEPT  16 || SLEEP REVIEW CONVERSATIONS
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 FIRST PERSON  || Individual accounts of living with sleep disorders

SEPT 11 || BABBLE
Why naps need to make a comeback
Lifestyle & Hygiene


SEPT 11 || HUFFINGTON POST COLLEGE
Why This Energy Drink Poster Targeting College Students Is Red Bull$#!
Curator's remarks: There is no better way to improve one's energy, alertness and awakeness than by getting adequate sleep every single night. Caffeine and energy drinks are no substitute.

Lifestyle & Hygiene

SEPT 11 || HUFFINGTON POST PARENTS
How I've Coped With the Sleep Challenges of My Special Needs Son
Family

SEPT 17 || BROOMFIELD ENTERPRISE
Chance: Sleepless in Broomfield
Aging

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 DREAM LIFE  || The art and science of dreaming

SEPT 11 || QUARTZ
If you think you aren’t dreaming at night, you’re probably wrong

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07 August 2015

This week in Sleep News, July 31 - Aug 6


 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. 
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 TOP TEN  || Sleep news picks this week -- newest to oldest

1. AUG 6 || ALABAMA.com
Alabama mother fights for 'drowsy driving law'
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Please see the comments to understand why we actually NEED this kind of legislation. Drowsy driving is a major public safety hazard in the US, yet American citizens do not have the slightest clue how bad the problem is or that it's even a problem. -- The Curator, SHC
Public Health & Safety

2.  AUG 6 || AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SLEEP MEDICINE
ResMed provides updated contraindication for ASV therapy - Link to the updates here
Special Bulletin

3. AUG 6 || MEDICAL NEWS TODAY
'Start high and go low' dosing strategy advised for chronic insomnia
Drugs

4. AUG 5 || TREEHUGGER
How to use screens at night without ruining your sleep
Technology

5. AUG 4 || THE EXPRESS
Hospital consultant accidentally killed himself by using anaesthetic to help him sleep
Public Health & Safety

6. AUG 4 || MACHINE DESIGN
Breathing Device for Premature Infants Targets Needy Countries
Technology

7. AUG 4 || PRAVDA 
Drugs

8. AUG 4 || THE PRESS ENTERPRISE
MORENO VALLEY: Fatal crash leads to family's plea: Young drivers, stay safe (drowsy driving)
Public Health & Safety

9. AUG 3 || REUTERS
Texas man ran $114 mln Ponzi scheme linked to drowsy driving -- SEC
Public Health & Safety

10.  JULY 31 || THE WASHINGTON POST
Companies wake up to cost of employee sleep deprivation on the job: The average worker loses 11 days of productivity each year due to insomnia
Business & Workplace

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 WORLD  || International sleep news

JULY 31 || PLYMOUTH HERALD [UK]
Friends say Plymouth Apprentice star Stuart Baggs, 27, 'worked himself to death' (Insomnia)

JULY 31 || THE STAR ONLINE [MALAYSIA]
Gun stolen while cop naps

AUG 1 || UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY [AUSTRALIA]
Need a power nap? Sleep pods are now in the Library

AUG 3 || THE LOCAL [GERMANY]
Man promises to stop coffin naps in public

AUG 6 || THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR [CANADA]
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 NATIONAL  || Sleep news across the U.S.

AUG 3 || POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAL [NY]
Snoozing through ‘sleep study’ can shed light on disorder

AUG 5 || HAWAII NEWS NOW [HI]
How Do You Get Your Keiki Back on A Sleep Schedule? Doctor Offers Tips

AUG 5 || HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES [TX]
Working Through The Stress of Sleep Disorders

AUG 5 || NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER [PA]
Insomnia and heart disease risk

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 PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY  || Community health: epidemiology, transportation, industry, education

JULY 31 || HOMETOWN LIFE
Stay alert behind the wheel this vacation season

AUG 3 || YALE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Food Insecurity Linked to Poor Sleep Patterns, Study Finds

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 BUSINESS & WORKPLACE  || Workplace safety, corporate news, the business of sleep

AUG 3 || BUSINESS INSIDER TRAVEL
See the secret airplane bedrooms where flight attendants sleep on long-haul flights

AUG 6 || FORBES
How The Sleep Industry Is Making Billions From Our Sleepless Nights: "The main driver of the growth, according to the report, is the one you’re holding in your hand."

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 THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP  || Scientific research and basic sleep health resources

AUG 3 || VAN WINKLE'S
Rethinking Our Rest: The Science Behind Polyphasic Sleeping

AUG 4 || BIOSCIENCE TECHNOLOGY 
Changing Clocks & Changing Seasons: Scientists Find Role for Neuronal Plasticity

AUG 4 || SLEEP REVIEW
GABA May Act as Chemical “Brake” Preventing Histamine Wakefulness from Being Too Intense

 TECHNOLOGY  || Devices and tools for diagnosing and treating sleep health issues
 DRUGS & THERAPIES  || Pharmacology, therapeutics, alternative medicine

AUG 3 || HUFFINGTON POST
Ask JJ: Sleep Supplements
Drugs

AUG 4 || PHILADELPHIA BUSINESS JOURNAL
New CEO for Montco firm taking on sleep apnea: A Montgomery County biopharmaceutical company working on a pill to treat sleep apnea has a new chief executive
Drugs

AUG 5 || WAAYTV.com
Yoga experts say they have the secret to better sleep in six minutes
Alternative Therapies

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 CULTURE & MEDIA  || Cultural and social expressions and discussions about sleep

AUG 1 || DAILY MAIL
'I'm 46 but it's more like 64': Jason Bateman loves nothing more than sleeping... and blames snooziness on his toddler daughter
Celebrities

AUG 4 || THE TELEGRAPH
Instagram jet-setters at risk of ill-health and relationship breakdown: Jet-setting may seem glamorous but it can lead to loneliness, isolation and a string of health problems
Culture

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 LIFESTYLE & HYGIENE  || Helps for patients and clues for sleep self-improvement

JULY 31 || MINN POST
The importance of sleep: It's not just how much, but when

AUG 1 || SC TIMES
Take steps to reduce noise, light for better sleep

 FAMILY  || Sleep health through the lifespan: pediatrics, womens health, family health, eldercare

JULY 31 || THE 402 (411)
Sleep training teaches self-coping skills
Pediatrics

JULY 31 || NORTH JERSEY
Keep electronics out of kids' bedrooms for healthy sleep
Pediatrics

AUG 1 || SC TIMES
Your sleep habits change as you age
Seniors

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 MEDIA  || Sleep health education and issues captured in audio, video and print

AUG 3 || FOX 19 NOW
Cincinnati officer appears to sleep in cruiser
Video

AUG 4 || PRWEB.com
Terry Cralle, RN, and W. David Brown, PhD, Explore Sleep Health and Wellness in New Picture Book for Children
Books

AUG 5 || HUBSPOT
The Science of Sleep: What Happens During the 5 Stages of Your Sleep Cycle
Infographic

AUG 5 || KALW
Your Call: What are the public health implications of insufficient sleep?
Audio

AUG 5 || MY EAST TEX
Small portable device helps those with sleep apnea
Video
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 FIRST PERSON  || Individual accounts of living with sleep disorders

JULY 31 || THE GLOBE AND MAIL
No screens before bedtime? Not in my house
Lifestyle & Hygiene

AUG 3 || ATTN
Why I Am No Longer Terrified of Sleep Paralysis
The Science of Sleep

AUG 4 || HYPERSOMNIA FOUNDATION
The Science of Sleep

Technology

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 DREAM LIFE  || The art and science of dreaming

JULY 31 || MEDICAL NEWS TODAY 
How do we dream? What are nightmares?
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