Sleep stabilizes previously gained knowledge, and by doing so, helps to develop long-term memory. In a new study, Tübingen researchers Nicolas Lutz, Ines Wolf and Stefanie Hübner investigated whether sleep also improves learning performance in predictable processes. Their research was supervised by Professor Jan Born and Dr. Karsten Rauss of the University of Tübingen’s Institute of Medical Psychology and...
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EverSleep Wearable Sleep Tracker: Product Review and Interview with CEO
Readers might recall the 2017 Indiegogo campaign by SomnoHealth to create EverSleep, a wearable sleep tracker with built-in oxygenation monitoring. The campaign reached 224% of its original goal in addition to receiving a $50k Arrow Electronics Flash Funding Grant and recognition as a 2017 National Sleep Foundation SleepTech 2017 Semifinalist. Today, the EverSleep device is...
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New Blood Test Will Determine Your Body Clock: Here’s Why You Need To Know
A new blood test will be able to determine a person’s body clock compared to external time, a breakthrough that may help with personalized medical treatments. The biological clock is officially referred to as circadian rhythms, a burgeoning field of research that looks to determine the clock’s effects on how a person’s body works. Scientists...
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Treating sleep apnea greatly improves stroke patients’ neurological and functional recovery
A large study has found that commencing treatment for sleep apnea as soon as possible after a stroke or a mini-stroke significantly improves speech impairment and other neurological symptoms as well as walking and other physical functioning. “We have shown, for the first time in a randomized controlled study, that for individuals who have had...
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Study shows that people most affected by alcohol also most impacted by sleep deprivation
July 17, 2018, by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress A team of researchers from the German Aerospace Center and Forschungszentrum Jülich has found that people who are most susceptible to alcohol intoxication are also most susceptible to cognitive problems due to sleep deprivation. In their paper published inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group...
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Help for when you’re wide-eyed at 3 a.m.
(HealthDay)—Something like this has happened to most of us: You wake up, wide awake, only to discover that it’s 3 a.m. Suddenly your mind fills with worry about how hard tomorrow will be if you don’t get more sleep. The problem is, you toss and turn and can’t get back to sleep. What to do? First, don’t...