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Questions about co-sleeping are often drowned out in a whirlwind of information and opinions. But science can provide some answers.
PanaNatra is a line of herbal products from the makers of Panadol. But can herbal ingredients relieve different types of pain?
How did you sleep last night? Our six-part series looks at why so many of us have insomnia, and what it’s costing us.
Poor sleep deprives First Nations people of the chance to connect with culture. So they co-designed a sleep apnoea program they’d actually use.
Synchronizing your daily activities to your circadian rhythm could help you improve your performance on a variety of cognitive tasks − and even influence diagnosis of cognitive disorders.
We found each of the books tended to give parents one approach for dealing with their child’s sleep, rather than a range of options.
Fixating on sleep can make your sleep worse. But some people crave the connection online sleep communities provide.
You’ve tried everything to get some sleep, but nothing’s working. Here’s what not to do, and what works.
Insomnia and mental disorders are inter-related in a way we’ve yet to fully understand. But treating one can often help the other.
If you struggle to get up, “snoozing” could help you perform better when you finally do.
Many studies showing an impact of insomnia on the body are flawed or not meaningful in everyday life. But they can lead to scary headlines.
Too much light and noise at night in cities makes us sleep less and, as a consequence, worsens our health. Here are some of the measures that local authorities should take to remedy this problem.
Most movies tend to minimise or exaggerate insomnia symptoms. Insomnia is also rarely depicted as an illness that can be treated.
Insomnia is torture, literally, and getting enough sleep a modern obsession. Here’s why.
It turns out people who sleep well and those who sleep poorly have different kinds of thoughts before bed.
They’re heavily promoted. Your optometrist may even prescribe them. But when we looked at the evidence, this is what we found.
A pediatric urologist explains how the bladder and the brain communicate to wake you up when you need to ‘go’ – and how that communication might break down.
As US cities struggle to reduce homelessness, two scholars explain how planners can reform shelter design to be more humane and to prioritize mental health and well-being.
The hunt for sleep has become a global industry, with apps, drugs, self-help remedies. In a new book, author Marie Darrieussecq contemplates the curse of insomnia.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Flinders University
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Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
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Research professor, University of South Australia
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Professor of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Professor and Head of Paediatric Sleep Research, CQUniversity Australia
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Director, Appleton Institute, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor at Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University
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Professor of Sleep and Physiology and Director of Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey
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Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor, Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Flinders University
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Chercheur en neurosciences à l'Institut du Cerveau - Paris Brain Institute, Inserm
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Professor of Sleep Physiology, University of Oxford
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Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia
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Research Fellow / Health Psychologist, Swinburne University of Technology
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Clinical Psychologist, Flinders University
