The Over-the-Counter Drug That Can Destroy Your Sleep

Melatonin shouldn't be trifled with...
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/over-counter-drug-can-destroy-your-sleep

6 Ways You Didn't Know Sleep Loss Hinders Your Health

Here's the thing: Not only can insufficient sleep thwart overnight recovery from exercise, but poor sleep can also prevent skills from improving after lessons or practice. You may be crushing it at the gym, but inadequate sleep disrupts our basic metabolism and can even lead to weight gain...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pete-bils/how-sleep-impacts-weight_b_8537272.html

For insomnia, pills may not be the answer

Like many insomniacs, Crystal Blount tried sleeping pills. They put her to sleep, she says, but left her feeling groggy the next day. So she went back to tossing and turning, spending eight hours in bed each night but rarely sleeping more than four...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/07/23/insomnia-treatment-cognitive/30084541/

Short On Sleep? You Could Be A Disaster Waiting To Happen

"...Missing out on sleep pretty much guarantees feeling crummy the next day. But it can also lead to dangerous or even disastrous decision-making. Sleep-deprived operators failed to prevent the Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown and the Exxon Valdez oil spill..."...  Read more

Technology to blame for teens' poor sleep health

OSLO, Norway, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A growing body of research is making it clear that a face full of glowing technology -- tablets, smartphones, laptops -- is not the ideal way to prepare for a restorative night in bed. Tech is changing the way we learn, communicate and conduct business, but it's also changing the way we sleep, for the worse...
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2015/02/03/Technology-to-blame-for-teens-poor-sleep-health/6801422971620/#ixzz3QhY5s8Ym

The benefits of a good night's sleep - Shai Marcu

It’s 4am, and the big test is in 8 hours. You’ve been studying for days, but you still don’t feel ready. Should you drink another cup of coffee and spend the next few hours cramming? Or should you go to sleep? Shai Marcu defends the latter option, showing how sleep restructures your brain in a way that’s crucial for how our memory works.
http://youtu.be/gedoSfZvBgE

How Screens Affect Sleep

The bed must be reserved as a place for sleep and sex only. That was the decree of psychologist Richard Bootzin in his influential 1972 proposal for a...  Read more


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Want to fall asleep faster? Don't use an iPad before bed.

Ninety percent of Americans frequently use electronic devices right before bed. And though it's a fun way to wind down, a new experiment shows that th...  Read more

Lack of Sleep Harms Moral Awareness

Most people think they are ethical. But ethical transgressions happen frequently. Researchers ask the question of why this occurs and pursue scientifi... Read more

The secret to raising well behaved teens? Maximise their sleep

"While American paediatricians warn sleep deprivation can stack the deck against teenagers, a new study from Taylor Francis reveals youth’s irritability and laziness aren’t due to attitude problems but lack of sleep." Read more

American Bellies Are Getting Bigger: You Won't Believe Why

"The CDC researchers cited sleep deprivation as a possible culprit. Possibly, not getting enough sleep alters brain patterns that prevent a person from feeling full after eating." ... Read more