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| Aging Impairs The 'Replay' Of Memories During Sleep
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| posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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Aging impairs the consolidation of memories during sleep, a process
important in converting new memories into long-term ones, according to
new animal research in the July 30 issue of The Journal of
Neuroscience. The findings shed light on normal memory mechanisms and
how they are disrupted by aging.
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| Can You Catch Up On Lost Sleep?
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| posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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Sleep debt is the difference between the amount of sleep you should be
getting and the amount you actually get. It's a deficit that grows
every time we skim some extra minutes off our nightly slumber. "People
accumulate sleep debt surreptitiously," says psychiatrist William C.
Dement, founder of the Stanford University Sleep Clinic. Studies show
that such short-term sleep deprivation leads to a foggy brain, worsened
vision, impaired driving, and trouble remembering. Long-term effects
include obesity, insulin resistance, and heart disease. And most
Americans suffer from chronic deprivation.
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| Sleep More To Slim Down
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| posted on Monday, April 07, 2008
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An extra hour between the sheets at night might be the key to shedding
excess weight and fighting obesity, according to recent research.
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| Blue LEDs Reset Tired Truckers' Body Clocks
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| posted on Friday, March 21, 2008
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Eerie blue LEDs in truck cabs and truck stops could be the key to
reducing accidents caused by drowsy drivers, say US researchers. They
say bathing night drivers in the right light can increase their
alertness by resetting their body clocks.
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| The Science Of Sleep
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| posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008
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Why we sleep is one of the biggest unanswered questions in all of
science, which is why researchers all over the country are doing
studies and coming up with some new and intriguing discoveries.
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| Americans Get Too Little Sleep
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| posted on Saturday, March 01, 2008
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With late-night TV watching, Internet surfing and other distractions,
Americans are getting less and less sleep, the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention said on Thursday. And all this sleeplessness can be a nightmare for your mental and
physical health, CDC experts cautioned, calling sleep loss an
under-recognized public health problem.
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