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It’s often said that “bad posture” can cause neck pain but science seems to indicate that other factors might be at play.
Daylight saving time starts this weekend, and it can often be the beginning of new dramas getting kids to bed. Here’s how to make the transition a little smoother.
Mental health researchers based at Queen’s University in Canada and Oxford University in the U.K. are helping universities take the lead in developing improved student mental health care.
As early as the 1860s the twin diseases of modernity – overwork and sleeplessness – became the focus of cultural anxieties.
Today’s beds are thought of as bastions of privacy. But not long ago, they were the perches from which kings ruled and places where travelers hunkered down with complete strangers.
Sleep paralysis – when you wake up but feel like you can’t move – seems to be more common if you sleep on your back. But we don’t know why.
Our body knows how it is moving and where it is because of a sense called proprioception, a ‘sixth sense’ that helps your body know where it is in the world. And it works even while you’re asleep.
Insomnia impacts more than 20 per cent of women during pregnancy. And it is treatable.
It’s not just babies who have trouble sleeping.
Zero-hours contracts exploit workers and need to be banned.
Adults are not the only people in the US who have problems with sleep – babies and children suffer from loss of sleep, too. Two pediatric sleep experts explain how you can help your little ones.
You are tired. Would nine more minutes really hurt? Is hitting the snooze button a good idea? Should you just get out of bed? Or is snoozing a sign of a more serious medical issue?
Pilots are often overtired, making them prone to errors. Some countries let them sleep on the job – under strict rules. Pilots love the idea, but consumers are wary, for now.
Many adolescents have trouble sleeping - but limiting screen use is not the solution. When used correctly, bedtime use of devices can be beneficial to mental health, without harming sleep quality.
We asked five experts if a daytime kip is OK. Four out of five said yes.
Progressive organizations recognize that fatigued employees can’t perform at their best. Naps at work can increase alertness and improve performance.
A doctor reviews the medical evidence on the controversial practise of sleep training infants.
New research pinpoints why so many students struggle to nod off at university.
When teenagers sleep for less than eight hours a night, they are at increased risk of suicide, being overweight, high rates of injury, poor sustained attention and low school grades.
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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
