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Heathrow night flights impact on sleep

The number of night flights at Heathrow Airport should be reduced or stopped to prevent local residents losing sleep, according to the London Assembly, in statements made during the ongoing consultation on the issue. Currently there are fifteen arrivals at the airport between the hours of 23:30...

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Night toilet visits creating sleep problems

While many people laugh about growing older and having to go to the toilet more often during the night frequent night time toilet visits, called nocturnia, are no laughing matter and create a number of sleep problems for the elderly. Up to 50% of all night time activity in seniors is due to needing...

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Race link with sleep apnoea proposed

Race type may be a factor in the likelihood of suffering from the condition sleep apnoea, according to the findings of a new US study. The research at Wayne State University School of Medicine found that sleep apnoea was more prevalent in African-American males of certain age groups, compared to those...

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Homeschooled kids sleeping more and learning better

There are a number of obvious benefits to homeschooling. You get to teach your kids what you want and how you want and you can monitor their learning in a way that you cannot when they go to a school. However, there might be other less obvious benefits that come with homeschooling. One advantage...

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Good health starts with great sleep

The more we learn about sleep the more important we realise it is for our general health. While no scientists have uncovered the exact reason why we sleep, they have found that sleep plays a central role in our physical and psychological well being. Here are some of the interesting connections that...

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Sleep apnoea reduces driving ability – study

Sufferers of the sleep condition sleep apnoea are more likely to experience ‘drowsy driving’ compared to normal sleepers, according to the results of a University Hospital Leeds study that involved simulated driving tests. In the study 133 people with untreated sleep apnoea and 89 people...

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Daylight savings time changes

While changing the clock by an hour may seem trivial there is evidence that in fact daylight savings has a number of different negative effects at both the individual and societal levels. Individually it can create a sleep debt which can take people several weeks to get over. The body clock,...

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Exercise and sleep

Exercise and sleep, for a long time we have been told that you should not exercise near bed time unless you were doing low impact activities like yoga but a recent study has called this widely stated claim into question. The study found that people who exercise during the day are more likely...

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175k on a mattress

Yes you read that right, people are spending $175 000 on a mattress. The British mattress manufacturer Savoir Beds has recently launched a limited edition "Royal Bed" that carries a whopping $175,000 price tag. They have marketed the mattress as a collector’s edition, as obviously...

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Sleep could prevent adolescent obesity – study

Getting a full night’s sleep has been identified as one of the crucial elements of avoiding obesity or similarly unhealthy weight gain during the adolescent years, according to the results of a new US study. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia used data from 1390 high...

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Yoga moves for better sleep

If you are struggling to get to sleep at night or find that you wake in the morning feeling tired then you may need to start doing yoga at night. Yoga is a millennia old art form that combines physical exercise, breathing control and meditational focus and has been the poor sleeper’s secret...

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Pilot fatigue revealed by FoI request

Two pilots of commercial airlines fell asleep during flights over London between June 2010 and June 2011 according to data released this week following a Freedom of Information Act request, returning the issue of pilot fatigue and sleep deprivation into the spotlight. However, the British Airline...

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