News drip: More links connecting sleep with mood, mental, mind and memory
Sleep health has a direct impact on the way we concentrate and focus, feel and express emotion, and process and recall information.
In May, SHC continues to find great links on the subject of “the 4 Ms of sleep” since it reported on them in April.
Mood
MAY 26 || Star2.com
Postpartum depression is real, though not often recognised
MAY 24 || MedPage Today
Treating Sleep Problems May Ease Depression
MAY 24 || Sleep Review
Nearly a Quarter of Patients Say Mechanical Heart Valve Disturbs Sleep
MAY 22 || PLoS One
Associations between quality of life, physical activity, worry, depression and insomnia: A cross-sectional designed study in healthy pregnant women
MAY 21 || Illawarra Mercury
‘I thought I was losing my brain’: What made Larah so anxious
MAY 20 || The Good Men Project
Getting Real About Insomnia, Depression, and Anxiety
MAY 17 || The Mighty
How My Postpartum Depression Changed What Motherhood Was ‘Supposed’ to Be
MAY 15 || NPR
Stressed-Out High Schoolers Advised To Try A Nap Pod
MAY 11 || The Conversation
There’s a strong link between anxiety and depression, and sleep problems, and it goes both ways
MAY 9 || WorldNews
Top Ways to Fall Asleep When Your Mind is Racing about Work
Memory
MAY 26 || The Good Men Project
How to Improve Your Working Memory and Regain Focus
MAY 26 || The Sleep Site
Does lack of sleep cause Alzheimer’s disease?
MAY 24 || Science Daily
Short and long sleep, and sleep disturbances associated with increased risk of dementia and lung cancer
MAY 23 || New Scientist
The brain starts to eat itself after chronic sleep deprivation
MAY 19 || Times Record
Family Caregiving: Dealing with memory loss
MAY 18 || Newsday
Alzheimer’s and sleep loss: Researching the link
MAY 17 || Science Daily
Finding traces of memory processing during sleep
MAY 11 || KDRV
5 Ways You’re Putting Yourself at Risk For Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
MAY 10 || Futurity
Sync pink noise with brain to get better deep sleep
MAY 2 || WorldHealth.net
Deep Sleep – Gateway to Longevity?
Mental Health
MAY 30 || Consumer Health Digest
A Day in the Life of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Patient
MAY 26 || BMC Psychiatry
Sleep characteristics in child and adolescent offspring of parents with bipolar disorder: a case control study
MAY 26 || News-Medical.net
Chronic sleep deprivation increases risk of neurological disorders
MAY 23 || Neurocore
10 Facts You Might Not Know About Sleep and Mental Health
MAY 18 || CBC News
Legislation must change for workplace PTSD, says Yukon flight nurse
MAY 16 || Today
PTSD affects 1 in 11 new moms… so why don’t we hear more about it?
MAY 15 || Eagle-Tribune
Elder Q&A: Change in sleep patterns could be cause for concern
MAY 7 || The Independent
How a ‘sleep faster, do more’ culture in startups is threatening mental health
MAY 5 || Daily Mail
The five signs your mental health is under strain and why you should not ignore them
MAY 1 || Wales Online
Veteran crippled by PTSD fears the condition may have claimed up to six lives in his regiment
Mind & Mindfulness
MAY 25 || Red Orbit
Researchers discover why disturbed sleep hampers learning
MAY 24 || Daily Mail
The dangers of meditation: It can actually lead to insomnia, fear and hypersensitivity to light
MAY 16 || Sleep Review
Nonprescription Use of Ritalin Linked to Sleep Disruption
MAY 15 || Chatelaine
Trying to ‘catch up’ on sleep hurts your creativity, says study
MAY 15 || Huffington Post
Sleep Your Way To An A
MAY 15 || The Star
New York’s Benjamin Hotel introduces on-demand meditation
MAY 10 || Channel NewsAsia
A big difference in students, after Nanyang Girls starts school later at 8.15am
MAY 10 || Sleep Review
Need Better Sleep? Consider the Cognitive Shuffle
MAY 9 || Missoulian
Missoulian editorial: 8:30 am is early enough: Support later start time for Missoula high schools
MAY 1 || University of Southern California
As final exams approach, here are things you can do to make it through in top shape
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