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Time spent sleeping is linked to risk in older adults, but it is unclear whether it is also true for younger age groups.

Macquarie University/The Lighthouse Athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympics are likely to face highly partisan crowds with overseas spectators barred from attending – but top performers won’t let it change their game, says Macquarie University researcher Dr Kath Bicknell. Japan’s ban on international spectators attending the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games could change the whole vibe of the Games. Olympic uncertainty: COVID-19 is putting the postponed Tokyo Games at risk once again,...

Representational Image Pinterest Trouble Sleeping? Here’s Why You Should Worry The pandemic has violently disrupted our lives, including our sleep patterns. And this can lead to serious mental and physical problems Most adults spend the majority of their time either working or sleeping. However, very little is known of the relationship between the two. On the impact on productivity, one survey says 58 per cent of Indians believe their work suf...

Date Time Hard to find good help for child sleep issues From newborn babies to restless teenagers, Australians may find it difficult to get expert advice and professional support for sleep problems in children and adolescents. Ahead of World Sleep Day (19 March 2021) a new paper in Sleep Medicine led by University of Western Australia and Flinders University sleep researchers found a serious shortfall in health professionals’ knowledge, understanding and skills to identify manage and prevent ...

If coronavirus has been keeping you up at night, then you might have coronasomnia. Read on to know what you can do about insomnia in the times of COVID.

  To get to the bottom of this common issue, 2680 people worldwide participated in research recording their Rapid Eye Movement REM sleep cycles via a sleep monitor. Conducted over one month, participants wore one type of pyjama style and kept other variables such as temperature and bedtime the same. During REM sleep, according to the Australian Governments Health Direct, your eyes move rapidly, your blood pressure and heart rate go up, and your brain becomes very active. REM sleep is wh...

The research is put to the test a variety of sleeping garments, from completely nude to a T-shirt and trousers.

  To get to the bottom of this common issue, 2680 people worldwide participated in research recording their Rapid Eye Movement REM sleep cycles via a sleep monitor. Conducted over one month, participants wore one type of pyjama style and kept other variables such as temperature and bedtime the same. During REM sleep, according to the Australian Governments Health Direct, your eyes move rapidly, your blood pressure and heart rate go up, and your brain becomes very active. REM sleep is wh...

The research is put to the test a variety of sleeping garments, from completely nude to a T-shirt and trousers.

A newly published study adds to the long-debated evidence that humans are hard-wired to sleep less when the moon is full or the lights are on, probably due to the ancestral quirks of circadian rhythm. The pattern has been documented in a variety of indigenous communities in Argentina — and at the University of Washington in Seattle, where bright lights and cloudy weather tend to dull even the full moon’s glare. “We see a clear lunar modulation of sleep, with sleep decreasing...