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New research reveals that just 20 minutes of yoga nidra, a type of mindfulness training, can significantly improve sleep quality and cognitive abilities. The practice, described by practitioners as an “awake aware sleep,” is done in a supine posture. About the study: A study conducted by researchers from the Armed Forces Medical College in India, involved novice practitioners doing 20-minute sessions of yoga nidra during the day for two weeks.

From the very start, unspoken principles are ingrained in service members. One such principle is that "sleep is a crutch."

The study did not find an association between glycemic parameters and flow-mediated dilation, but they did find associations between lower sleep efficiency with poorer glycemic control, insulin resistance, estimated glucose disposal rate, and HbA1C.

1. In this randomized controlled trial, improvements in episodic memory in older adults who underwent a moderate-intensity exercise program were mediated by baseline sleep efficiency—those with lower sleep efficiency demonstrated greater improvements in episodic memory following the treatment. 2. However, there were no differences in sleep parameters, including duration, sleep efficiency, and sleep onset latency,

Symptom severity is associated with discrepancies between subjective and objective sleep measures in patients with non-seasonal depression 1. This randomized controlled trial found that patients with more severe depressive symptoms exhibited more significant underestimation of total sleep time and discordance between diary-based and actigraphic sleep parameters. 2. However, those who received bright light therapy showed

A recent study sheds some light on what may be the best sleep climate for some people — and the findings might surprise you.

An Ottawa sleep expert recommends getting exposure to daylight and being active this weekend to help adjust to the one-hour time change.

Treatment with Precision Oral Appliance Therapy Demonstrated Significant Improvements in Apnea-Hypopnea Events, Respiratory Disturbances, Oxygen...

Crowned India’s First Sleep Champion, Kolkata’s Triparna Chakraborty also took home the prize money of INR 5 lakhs.