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Whether it’s too little or it’s poor quality, sleep disorders and risk of dementia have become increasingly linked, and scientists are racing to find out exactly how.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Dementia, Insomnia, S… Continue reading Good and bad news for older adults in link between sleep and dementia
A new study led by researchers from the University of Oxford has reviewed more than 150 clinical trials to present a comprehensive, comparative analysis of 30 different drug treatments for insomnia. The findings indicate many common insomnia drugs lack… Continue reading Oxford study investigates the most effective drugs for insomnia
Poor or disrupted sleep has long been associated with a variety of negative health outcomes, from obesity and heart disease to dementia and depression. But there is an ongoing debate amongst researchers over the causal direction of these associations.C… Continue reading Study suggests causal link between insomnia and high blood sugar
A new observational study, analyzing data from nearly half a million UK subjects, suggests healthy sleep habits are significantly linked to lower rates of heart failure. Incorporating several measures of sleep quality, the research suggests improving s… Continue reading Healthy sleep patterns can lower risk of heart failure by 42 percent
A new study, led by neuroscientists from Stanford University, has homed in on the specific brain circuit responsible for stress-induced insomnia. The research suggests this same circuit is responsible for stress-related immune system dysfunction, point… Continue reading Brain circuit linking stress, insomnia and the immune system discovered
Australian researchers are reporting the initial results from the world’s first placebo-controlled clinical trial testing the efficacy of medicinal cannabis in treating chronic insomnia. The results reveal statistically significant, and dose responsive… Continue reading Positive data from 1st clinical trial into cannabis for chronic insomnia
Should you suffer from insomnia, you’ll know how tempting it can be to rely on sleep-aid drugs. A new study, however, suggests that insomniacs may have success with a natural supplement, in the form of saffron extract.Continue ReadingCategory: Health &… Continue reading If you’re having trouble sleeping – try saffron?
API and microservices platform Kong today announced that it has acquired Insomnia, a popular open-source tool for debugging APIs. The company, which also recently announced that it had raised a $43 million Series C round, has already put this acquisition to work by using it to build Kong Studio, a tool for designing, building and […] Continue reading Kong acquires Insomnia, launches Kong Studio for API development
First of its kind study establishes causal link between broadband internet and sleep deprivation. Continue reading High Speed Internet Is Causing Widespread Sleep Deprivation, Study Finds