All posts tagged with sleep
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-(Natural News) Have you ever felt so stressed that you can’t sleep? Here’s good news. A study showed that natural chemicals commonly found in sugarcane and other natural products may help reduce stress and improve sleep, as reported by the Science Daily. Sleeping, just like eating, drinking, and breathing, is a basic human need. However, […]
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-(Natural News) Octacosanol – which can be found in beeswax, wheat germ oil, rice bran, sugar cane, and other varieties of plants – has been discovered to lessen the effects of stress and encourage a long and restful sleep, scientists said. According to a study published in Scientific Reports, which was conducted by a team from […]
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-(Natural News) Women who reside in areas with plenty of outdoor lighting at night may want to reconsider their living situation. The researchers behind a recent Harvard study uncovered a link between higher levels of nighttime outdoor lighting and increased risk of breast cancer, reported the DailyMail.co.uk. “In our modern industrialized society, artificial lighting is […]
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-(Natural News) In the first study of its kind, a team of researchers has discovered a way to enhance or impair memory during sleep. By triggering specific brain waves, researchers from the Center for Cognition and Sociality in South Korea’s Institute for Basic Science were able to nearly double long-term memory. The compelling new study, […]
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Mammals have a 12-hour biological clock distinct from the 24-hour circadian rhythm, researchers find
-(Natural News) Researchers revealed that, apart from 24-hour clocks, mammals and other organisms have autonomous 12-hour clocks that coordinate bodily functions such as blood pressure and body temperature. Not only can these 12-hour clocks be influenced by external factors, but disturbing them has also been linked to human disease. “Our lab has been working on […] -
-(Natural News) A recent study conducted by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania revealed that snacking late at night may increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease. To carry out the study, the research team examined nine healthy-weight adults who were instructed to consume three meals and two snacks between […]
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-(Natural News) Nobody ever said parenting was easy. The challenges that come with raising a child are difficult yet manageable to some parents, and downright unbearable to others. One of these challenges — getting a child to sleep — can be so unbearable that a number of parents have turned to melatonin drugs to help […]
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-(Natural News) It’s no secret that not getting enough sleep is bad for your health. It depresses immune function and wound healing, affects your mood and mental health, and raises the risk of a host of chronic diseases. But did you know that sleeping too much may have many of the same effects? Researchers consider […]
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-(Natural News) Rates of liver cancer have tripled since the 1980s, and one group of researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas says that a major contributing factor appears to be persistent sleep deprivation amongst increasingly busy people. Many in today’s society fail to maintain consistent sleep patterns, they say, and are thus […]
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-(Natural News) Could better sleep be the key to reducing chronic pain? Researchers from the University of Warwick have found that the way chronic pain patients perceive pain and sleep significantly impacts the occurrence of insomnia and leads to poor pain management. The research was led by the Sleep and Pain Lab in the Department of […]