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New parents face 6 years of disrupted sleep After the birth of the first child mothers and fathers sleep duration and satisfaction don t recover to levels before pregnancy up to six years after giving birth Mothers sleep an hour less in the first 3 months after giving birth, and fathers slept 15 minutes less researchers at the University of Warwick have found. Six years after birth mothers slept 20 minutes less and fathers were still deprived of 15 minutes. Higher household income and psychosocial f ... EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4
Not all sleep is equal when it comes to cleaning the brain New research shows how the depth of sleep can impact our brain s ability to efficiently wash away waste and toxic proteins. Because sleep often becomes increasingly lighter and more disrupted as we become older, the study reinforces and potentially explains the links between aging, sleep deprivation, and heightened risk for Alzheimer s disease. Sleep is critical to the function of the brain s waste removal system and this study shows that the deeper the sl ... EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4
Infant sleep duration associated with mother's level of education and prenatal... A new study analyzing data from Canadian parents has found that babies sleep less at three months of age if their mothers do not have a university degree, experienced depression during pregnancy or had an emergency cesarean-section delivery. The study, which examined associations between a mother s level of education, prenatal depression, method of delivery and her infant s sleep duration, was published this month in Sleep Medicine . It found that infants ... EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4
Does extra sleep on the weekends repay your sleep debt? No, researchers say Insufficient sleep and untreated sleep disorders put people at increased risk for metabolic problems, including obesity and diabetes. But is extra sleep on the weekends enough to reduce those risks The short answer, according to new findings reported in Current Biology on February 28, is no. The key take-home message from this study is that ad libitum weekend recovery or catch-up sleep does not appear to be an effective countermeasure strategy to reverse s ... EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4
Sleeping in on the weekend won't repay your sleep debt Think sleeping in on the weekend can repair the damage from a week of sleepless nights Not so, according to University of Colorado Boulder research published today in Current Biology . In fact, on some health measures, trying to play catch-up for a few days and then returning to poor sleep habits makes things worse. Our findings suggest that the common behavior of burning the candle during the week and trying to make up for it on the weekend is not an effe ... EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4
Sleep apnea may be linked to higher levels of Alzheimer's biomarker in brain MINNEAPOLIS - People who are witnessed by a bed partner to have stopped breathing during sleep may have higher accumulations of an Alzheimer s disease biomarker called tau in an area of the brain that helps with memory, according to a preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology s 71st Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, May 4 to 10, 2019. Obstructive sleep apnea is a condition that involves frequent events of st ... EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4
Researchers develop model to predict suicide risk in at-risk young adults PITTSBURGH, Feb. 27, 2019 - Suicide is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. among those aged 15 to 34 years and yet, despite years of mental health research, our ability to predict suicidal behavior is only slightly better than chance. Research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine provides a new approach to tackling the problem, showing that fluctuation and severity of depressive symptoms are much better at predicting risk of suici ... EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4
Study reveals the structure of the 2nd human cannabinoid receptor A Chinese research team joined forces with Russian and U.S. biologists to obtain the crystal structure of the human type 2 cannabinoid receptor. Their findings will help develop drugs against inflammatory, neurodegenerative, and other diseases. The authors of the paper in Cell compare the newly discovered structure to that of the type 1 cannabinoid receptor, deeming the two receptors to be the yin and yang of the human endocannabinoid system. Drugs rely on ... EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4
Opioid use in the family may influence adolescents' opioid risk after surgery ANN ARBOR - Having a family member with persistent opioid use may be a risk factor for young adults continuing prescriptions long after their own surgeries, a new Michigan Medicine study suggests. The presence of one or more family members using long-term opioids before a procedure was associated with a higher likelihood that adolescents prescribed opioids for the first time would do the same, according to the findings. The research, led by surgery and ped ... EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4
Is alcohol consumption more helpful than harmful? It depends on your age PISCATAWAY, NJ - Studies of health effects of alcohol consumption may underestimate the risks of imbibing, particularly for younger people, according to a new study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs . The research demonstrates that although cohort studies--the type of observational investigations typically used to study health benefits and risks--sometimes show benefits from moderate alcohol consumption, they tend to enroll people age 50 and o ... EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4
Smokers often misunderstand health risks of smokeless tobacco product, Rutgers... American smokers mistakenly think that using snus, a type of moist snuff smokeless tobacco product, is as dangerous as smoking tobacco, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in the April 2019 issue of the journal Addictive Behaviors , provides new research on what smokers think about snus, a Swedish style product that is popular in Scandinavia, but newer to the United States. Snus -- a Swedish word for snuff -- is a moist powder tobacco that c ... EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4
Young people at risk of addiction have differences in key brain region Young adults at risk of developing problems with addiction show key differences in an important region of the brain, according to an international team led by researchers at the University of Cambridge. The study adds further evidence to support the idea that an individual s biological makeup plays a significant role in whether or not they develop an addictive disorder. Adolescence and young adulthood is an important time in a person s development. It is d ... EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4

New parents face 6 years of disrupted sleep

After the birth of the first child mothers and fathers sleep duration and satisfaction don t recover to levels before pregnancy up to six years after giving birth Mothers sleep an hour less in the first 3 months after giving birth, and fathers slept 15 minutes less researchers at the University of Warwick have found. Six years after birth mothers slept 20 minutes less and fathers were still deprived of 15 minutes. Higher household income and psychosocial f ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4

Not all sleep is equal when it comes to cleaning the brain

New research shows how the depth of sleep can impact our brain s ability to efficiently wash away waste and toxic proteins. Because sleep often becomes increasingly lighter and more disrupted as we become older, the study reinforces and potentially explains the links between aging, sleep deprivation, and heightened risk for Alzheimer s disease. Sleep is critical to the function of the brain s waste removal system and this study shows that the deeper the sl ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4

Infant sleep duration associated with mother's level of education and prenatal...

A new study analyzing data from Canadian parents has found that babies sleep less at three months of age if their mothers do not have a university degree, experienced depression during pregnancy or had an emergency cesarean-section delivery. The study, which examined associations between a mother s level of education, prenatal depression, method of delivery and her infant s sleep duration, was published this month in Sleep Medicine . It found that infants ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4

Does extra sleep on the weekends repay your sleep debt? No, researchers say

Insufficient sleep and untreated sleep disorders put people at increased risk for metabolic problems, including obesity and diabetes. But is extra sleep on the weekends enough to reduce those risks The short answer, according to new findings reported in Current Biology on February 28, is no. The key take-home message from this study is that ad libitum weekend recovery or catch-up sleep does not appear to be an effective countermeasure strategy to reverse s ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4

Sleeping in on the weekend won't repay your sleep debt

Think sleeping in on the weekend can repair the damage from a week of sleepless nights Not so, according to University of Colorado Boulder research published today in Current Biology . In fact, on some health measures, trying to play catch-up for a few days and then returning to poor sleep habits makes things worse. Our findings suggest that the common behavior of burning the candle during the week and trying to make up for it on the weekend is not an effe ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4

Sleep apnea may be linked to higher levels of Alzheimer's biomarker in brain

MINNEAPOLIS - People who are witnessed by a bed partner to have stopped breathing during sleep may have higher accumulations of an Alzheimer s disease biomarker called tau in an area of the brain that helps with memory, according to a preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology s 71st Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, May 4 to 10, 2019. Obstructive sleep apnea is a condition that involves frequent events of st ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4

Researchers develop model to predict suicide risk in at-risk young adults

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 27, 2019 - Suicide is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. among those aged 15 to 34 years and yet, despite years of mental health research, our ability to predict suicidal behavior is only slightly better than chance. Research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine provides a new approach to tackling the problem, showing that fluctuation and severity of depressive symptoms are much better at predicting risk of suici ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4

Study reveals the structure of the 2nd human cannabinoid receptor

A Chinese research team joined forces with Russian and U.S. biologists to obtain the crystal structure of the human type 2 cannabinoid receptor. Their findings will help develop drugs against inflammatory, neurodegenerative, and other diseases. The authors of the paper in Cell compare the newly discovered structure to that of the type 1 cannabinoid receptor, deeming the two receptors to be the yin and yang of the human endocannabinoid system. Drugs rely on ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4

Opioid use in the family may influence adolescents' opioid risk after surgery

ANN ARBOR - Having a family member with persistent opioid use may be a risk factor for young adults continuing prescriptions long after their own surgeries, a new Michigan Medicine study suggests. The presence of one or more family members using long-term opioids before a procedure was associated with a higher likelihood that adolescents prescribed opioids for the first time would do the same, according to the findings. The research, led by surgery and ped ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4

Is alcohol consumption more helpful than harmful? It depends on your age

PISCATAWAY, NJ - Studies of health effects of alcohol consumption may underestimate the risks of imbibing, particularly for younger people, according to a new study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs . The research demonstrates that although cohort studies--the type of observational investigations typically used to study health benefits and risks--sometimes show benefits from moderate alcohol consumption, they tend to enroll people age 50 and o ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4

Smokers often misunderstand health risks of smokeless tobacco product, Rutgers...

American smokers mistakenly think that using snus, a type of moist snuff smokeless tobacco product, is as dangerous as smoking tobacco, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in the April 2019 issue of the journal Addictive Behaviors , provides new research on what smokers think about snus, a Swedish style product that is popular in Scandinavia, but newer to the United States. Snus -- a Swedish word for snuff -- is a moist powder tobacco that c ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4

Young people at risk of addiction have differences in key brain region

Young adults at risk of developing problems with addiction show key differences in an important region of the brain, according to an international team led by researchers at the University of Cambridge. The study adds further evidence to support the idea that an individual s biological makeup plays a significant role in whether or not they develop an addictive disorder. Adolescence and young adulthood is an important time in a person s development. It is d ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Mar 4