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Older people are likely to find it harder to sleep because of changes in the body as we age, said Professor Jason Ellis, director of the Northumbria Centre for Sleep Research.
Menopausal and post-menopausal women report less satisfaction with sleep and as many as 61% report insomnia. Good news: If you're tossing and turning, your doctor might be able to help.
A comparison of data collected from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' American Time Use Survey from 1965 to 1985 and 1998–2001 has been used to show that the median amount of sleep, napping, and resting done by the average adult American has changed by less than 0.7%, from a median of 482 minutes per day from 1965 through 1985 to 479 minutes ...
Habitual smartphone overuse results in bedtime procrastination, and shorter sleep duration and lower sleep quality may trigger many negative emotions responsible for depression and anxiety. [12] Statistics show that disturbed sleep patterns are increasingly common. In 2013, an estimated 40% of U.S. adults slept less than the recommended amount ...
Sleep deprivation is also implicated in impaired ability to retrieve stored long-term memories. When an aversive stimulus was included in a trial (i.e., a blowdryer blasting hot air and noise at a mouse), mice that were sleep deprived were less anxious on subsequent trials. This suggests they had not retrieved all of the memory related to the ...
Over 1,000 older Americans shared their biggest ... the median 55-year-old respondent said they had less than $50,000 in retirement savings. Brunswick Group conducted the survey between April and ...
Polyphasic sleep is the practice of sleeping during multiple periods over the course of 24 hours, in contrast to monophasic sleep, which is one period of sleep within 24 hours. Biphasic (or diphasic , bifurcated , or bimodal ) sleep refers to two periods, while polyphasic usually means more than two. [ 1 ]
New research finds the optimal room temperature range for sleeping for older adults. Here, experts explain the best temperature for sleep.