Poor sleep quality and sleep deprivation will increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research is beginning to reveal links between the quality of an individual’s...
17 May, 2018
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Sleeping with one eye open?
The medical term for sleeping with the eyes open is nocturnal lagophthalmos. This can be...
14 May, 2018
Alcohol and Sleep Quality
Recently Pietila et al published an article in the journal JMIR Mental Health that in...
14 May, 2018
Work stress?? Don’t lose sleep over it!
We all have those annoying work colleagues, and sometimes we a taken aback by some...
04 May, 2018
“My teenager sleeps all weekend”… Perhaps they are just catching up on sleep!
Galland et al. recently conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis on paediatric publications which used...
23 April, 2018
Pharmacological therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
It is well established that during obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) the upper airway collapses, obstructing...
23 April, 2018
Pathophysiology Idiopathic Hypersomnolence
Defined Previously characterised by hypersomnolence with sleep drunkenness (Billiard & Sonka, 2016), the “unique symptomatology” demonstrated...
23 April, 2018
Novel treatment for insomnia
Note: the device in the image above is not likely to have been used in...
16 April, 2018
Insomnia – ABC radio segment; Focus with Emma Griffiths
Working here in the sleep lab, we are no strangers to staying awake at night....
09 April, 2018
Potential Genetic risk factor for SIDS
Sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, is the leading cause of infant death in high-income...
04 April, 2018