Most babies who wake up in the night should be allowed to fall back to sleep on their own, new research says.
Researchers from Temple University examined the sleep patterns of over 1,200 infants. The children's ages ranged from six months to three years, and the researchers put them in two groups: sleepers and transitional sleepers.
The study found that most of the night-waking infants were boys, were irritable and were more likely to be breast-fed. Their mothers were more likely to be depressed...
Each hour we lose to insomnia costs us one IQ point the next day, a study by the University of British Columbia indicates.
Perhaps this would not be such a worrying statement if a quarter of British people with insomnia hadn’t been suffering with it for over ten years.
Evidence gathered by the Great British Sleep Survey concurs that the effects of insomnia are far reaching, affecting many areas of people’s lives. Of the over 20,000 adults studied between March and June 2010, low energy level...
You may have read all about how getting enough sleep can help you maintain a healthy weight, but scientists in the US have found that it works the other way round, too.
Losing weight, particularly from the area around your waist, can win you a significantly better night's sleep in your storage bed, a team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University in America have discovered. By reducing their waistline by around 15 per cent and losing about a stone from their body weight, people can enjoy a ma...
Missing a nap makes kids grumpy, doesn't it? Well, scientists who study sleep say next to nothing is known about how a sleep in the daytime impacts upon children's learning and behaviour.
But that could change, and teachers who see a daytime nap as vital for kids' development may soon have evidence to back them up. Neuroscientist Rebecca Spencer from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been awarded a five-year, $2 million grant (about £618,600) from the National Institute of Health's He...
When it comes to decorating a child's bedroom, you want the result to be fun, welcoming, and cheerful, but should you sacrifice longevity and your home's style to this end? Too often, this is just what a themed room requires: your little girl may love Disney princesses now, but will she feel the same in six months? Your son can't get enough of racing cars, but will this stand out from the country home style of your house like a sore thumb?
While decorating a themed bedroom can be a lot of fun, i...
Getting enough sleep can not only help you lose weight, it can help you maintain a healthy weight, according to a growing body of research.
Jean-Philippe Chaput, a specialist in preventive medicine who studies obesity in children at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario has discussed the role of sleep in weight maintenance along with his co-author Dr Angelo Tremblay from Laval University in Quebec City. Their commentary is published in the latest Canadian Medical Association Journal.
The ex...
Stars In The Night – History's Most Famous Figures & Their Sleeping Patterns
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As children prepare to go back to school now the summer holidays are over, what can you do to help the transition go as smoothly as possible? Dr Stephen Cowan recently gave readers of the Huffington Post some handy tips, including ways to ensure your child gets the sleep they need to function at school.
As many studies have shown, getting adequate sleep is important to allow anyone to process information, and a child is rewarded for a good night's rest in their bed with storage space to hold on ...
