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Child sleep disorder admissions on increase

The number of children referred to hospital sleep consultants in the UK has risen by almost three times in the last ten years, with 5992 reported NHS cases in 2012. The types of sleep disorders that these cases covered ranged from difficulties in getting to sleep or staying asleep for a sufficient...

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Four hours sleep enough for Thatcher

With the death of the Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher, the world lost one of the most powerful woman of the 20th century. She was a feared leader, someone who rose from the lower classes to rule the UK for almost a decade. So what was her secret? How did a lower class female in a class obsessed and...

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Do not be a sleep cheat

Do you find yourself getting up earlier than you would like because you have things to do? Do you find yourself going to bed later than you would like because there are still chores and tasks that require your attention? If you answered yes then you are what they call a sleep cheat. Sleep cheats...

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Chelsea star reveals sleep value

Chelsea FC and Spain star Juan Mata has revealed that regularly getting a good night’s sleep is one of the main reasons behind his performances this season. The energetic midfielder has been one of the highlights of Chelsea’s season, with key appearances in the domestic league and Europe,...

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Synchronised sounds could help your sleep quality

The sad truth is that most of us wake feeling tired every day, we spend the majority of our adult lives sleep deprived. Numerous surveys have shown that around a two thirds of western adults are constantly tired and feel like they do not get enough sleep. That is why anything that could help...

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Restless Leg Syndrome iron link furthered

The connection between iron and the disorder Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) has been further confirmed by researchers in America, in what may prove to be a breakthrough in understanding more about the condition. Teams from John Hopkins University and Penn State College of Medicine looked at the post...

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Living under a flight path

If you live under the flight path of an airport you will understand how noisy they are, the planes roaring overhead make more than just a sound, they often shake the building around you as well. Most airports either close down during the night or have very few flights. However some of the bigger...

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Fatigue worsened by fatty foods – study

Eating foods with high fat content during the day can lead directly to increased fatigue and lower productivity, says a new US study. The Penn State College of Medicine research found that higher fat consumption was behind what it described as ‘objective daytime sleepiness’, underlining...

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Shop alarm faces sleep deprived mans wrath

A sleep-deprived Queensland man who had suffered the noise from a nearby shop alarm has been fined after pleading guilty to ‘wilful damage’ of the alarm, reports the Queensland Daily Mercury. Timothy Clifford Ashby admitted breaking the alarm at a Target storage shed last year, after it...

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Going to sleep wrong

You have been doing it wrong this whole time! Recent research shows that an alarming amount of people never wake feeling relaxed and refreshed and the leader researcher believes that the reason is that they never learned how to enter the relaxing pre-sleep state when they were children. Dr Alex...

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The popularity of spooning in bed

Most people like to do it, even if they do not admit it in public. Spooning in bed, it is often something that the recently single miss the most, but why? What is it about spooning that makes it so important? Obviously there is no scientific answer to this question, our best experts are still...

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Chinese ‘sleep index’ shows poor quality rest

A survey of the sleep habits of China’s population has revealed a discrepancy between the average duration of sleep and the sleep quality achieved by its residents. The investigation by the Chinese Doctor Medical Association took data from a cross-section of China’s society, polling residents...

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