Snoozing in Scandinavia: how to sleep like a Viking
Scandinavian and Nordic culture has gone global in recent years, but the land of the Vikings can teach us a thing or two about sleep as well....
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teenagers
How to turn your college dorm into a sleep sanctuary
Prioritising sleep may not be your first concern when starting college or university. But optimising your dorm room for the best sleep is vital to ensure a happ... Read More...
Explainer: why does the teenage brain need more sleep?
Throughout our lives we experience changes in sleep patterns and in the amount of sleep we need. While babies sleep between 16 and 18 hours per day, this is red... Read More...
Growing up: How to sleep like the adult you are….
Leaving home, graduating, getting a job. How can good sleep help in these life-changing moments?
So you’ve graduated college, you’ve got a grown-up job, you ha... Read More...
Should we be sending kids to school at 5am?
Start School Later is a campaign to improve early school hours, in order to improve the health, safety and well-being of students. We talked to Phyllis Payne to... Read More...
This is how video games can screw up your sleep
Are you an avid gamer? Find it hard to switch off the Xbox or Playstation at the end of the night? Well it’s a common problem. Video games are one of the many r... Read More...
Fact or myth: Do teenagers really need more sleep?
As a parent of a teen and tween, it was quite disconcerting when their staying up late and sleeping late started to become the norm in our household. When I ... Read More...
How sleep can boost your grades this semester
Getting enough sleep is one back-to-school-resolution we’ve all broken before. With work and social life calling, and no parent to enforce curfew, it’s tough to... Read More...
School day starts too early, teen health experts say
Research suggests teens benefit from later school start times because of biological changes in adolescence
A body of research is emerging to lend support to so... Read More...
Kleine-Levin Syndrome (Sleeping Beauty Syndrome)
The notion of a deep, enchanted sleep has long been romanticized in tales and myths such as Sleeping Beauty and Rip Van Winkle. But for patients diagnosed with ... Read More...
Do snoring babies turn into troubled teens?
A long term study published in the Journal Pediatrics early this year warned that infants who exhibited snoring, open mouth breathing, could be at a higher risk... Read More...