These recommendations are based on large-scale population studies looking at how much sleep people need, Molly Atwood, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins Medicine, tells TODAY.com. "Somewhere between seven to nine hours seems to be the sweet spot, ...
1. Unmet Needs of Sleep Medicine 1.1. The Central Role of Sleep for Health, Well-Being, Creativity, and Productivity Is Underestimated Good sleep promotes brain, mental, physical, occupational, and social health as well as well-being, creativity, and productivity [1,2,3,4]. Sleep is importa...
"As sleep experts we are seeing, anecdotally, more people have a hard time falling asleep and staying asleep," says Okorie, who is also a clinical assistant professor with Stanford University School of Medicine. "A little more fatigue during the day and just parents feeling like they don't ...
First, we need to break a myth. Not all activity is considered exercise that will indeed promote better sleep. A study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found that people who work in jobs that are more physically demanding tend to be either shorter sl...
Winer, PhD, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 453 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 (jwiner@stanford.edu). Author Contributions: Dr Winer had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the ...
byWashington University School of Medicine Illustration of obstruction of ventilation. Credit: Habib M’henni / public domain A nerve-stimulation treatment for obstructive sleep apnea that originally was approved only for people with body mass indexes (BMIs) in the healthy range recently was extended...
When she got a new job as an administrative assistant, Cass made a plan to adapt to business hours. Step 1: Go to bed no later than 10 p.m. every night — without her cell phone or tablet. “I used to think [they] helped me fall asleep, but now I know the light can keep you...
“the 60 to 70 percent of patients who do not respond to the sleep deprivation will actually feel worse, deepening their depression”. However,a review of the literature from 2002(a)Giedke H, Schwärzler F. Therapeutic use of sleep deprivation in depression. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 2002 ...
Winer, PhD, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, 453 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 (jwiner@stanford.edu). Author Contributions: Dr Winer had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the ...