When it comes to managing anxiety disorders, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth had it right when he referred to sleep as the “balm of hurt minds.” While a full night of slumber stabilizes emotio... Read more
Sleep deprivation – typically administered in controlled, inpatient settings – rapidly reduces symptoms of depression in roughly half of depression patients, according the first meta-analysi... Read more
UCLA scientists report the first evidence that a gene outside the brain controls the ability to rebound from sleep deprivation — a surprising discovery that could eventually lead to greatly... Read more
Patients with sleep disorders could be studied nonintrusively at home using wireless signals. More than 50 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders, and diseases including Parkinson’s a... Read more
Overriding the Urge to Sleep The work was done in the laboratory of Viviana Gradinaru (BS ’05), assistant professor of biology and biological engineering, Heritage Medical Research Ins... Read more
Scientists in Japan have designed new molecules that modify the circadian rhythm, opening the way to the possibility of managing jet lag and improving treatments for sleep disorders. The neg... Read more
A new measuring system is enabling sleep monitoring in your own bed. A sensor is placed under the bed sheets, measuring e.g. heart rate, breathing, sleep quality and sleep length. The sleep... Read more