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Sleep in Mother and Child

Just about every new mother can attest to sleepless nights and crying babies. Sleeplessness and newborns go together like babies and diapers. But a new study shows it's possible for mothers and their newborns to sleep better in little as six weeks after birth. The study e...

Your spit can tell you how sleepy you are

Scientists at Washington Univeristy have identified the first biochemical marker linked to sleep loss, an enzyme in saliva known as amylase. According to the researchers, amylase production increases in activity with prolonged sleep deprivation. The research was conducte...

Sleep to Lose Weight?

Nutritionist Cherie Calbom believes it's possible to lose weight while sleeping. She is so sure, she's making the rounds promoting her new book, Sleep Away the Pounds. Among her recommendations: Wiggle your toes 12 times prior to going to sleep to signal the brain that i...

The Sleep Lab - In Your Bedroom

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have created a low-cost alternative to clinical sleep labs. The monitoring instrument can be strapped to the sleep sufferer unassisted and in the privacy of their own home, according to the medGadget weblog. The device monitors s...

Links Between Sleep Apnea and Diabetes

There may be a connection between obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and diabetes mellitus, according to researchers from Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University. The researchers presented their at the CHEST 2006 conference. The study took data from...

Melatonin: Restoring the Reputation of a Valuable Sleep Aid

Once considered the secret to good sleep, the hormone melatonin suffered a decline in reputation in recent years as a solid over-the-counter sleep aid. Patients complained it didn’t work and studies showed it increased the risk of hypothermia. Part of the problem, acc...

Protecting the Endangered Silence

Stop everything. Listen. What do you hear? A passenger jet overhead, an air purifier, distant traffic, the scuffle of feet down the hall? Silence - true silence - is rare. "Quiet is going extinct," said acoustical ecologist Gordon Hempton, in a story broadcast on CNEW...