Tag: sleep

A newly developed smart shirt detects the wearer's stage of sleep via respiration patterns.

What if your pajamas could tell you how well you slept? That's the dream of startup Nyx Devices, which has developed a nightshirt embedded with fabric electronics to monitor the wearer's breathing patterns. A small chip worn in a pocket of the shirt processes that data to determine the phase of sleep, such as REM sleep (when we dream), light sleep, or deep sleep.

President Bill Clinton's stamina kept him so keyed up as he travelled around the world recently that it seemed hard to keep up with him, or figure out where we would see him next.

Clinton seemed to blame his recent heart troubles -- he was fitted with stents to reopen a clogged artery on a lack of sleep.

ScienceDaily (June 20, 2010) When zebra finches learn their songs from their father early in life, their brain is active during sleep.

That is what biologists at Utrecht University conclude in a paper published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Their findings are a further demonstration that birdsong learning is very similar to the way that children learn how to speak.

Lack of sleep is the most common sleep complaint among Americans, according to the National Sleep Foundation.

Researchers say lack of sleep is connected to cardiovascular disease, hypertension and high blood pressure. It also compromises the immune system, contributes to obesity and severely impairs mental judgment. Dieting might be more difficult too. Recent findings also show that when you are sleep deprived, your body actually boosts production of the hormone that makes you hungry.

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The financial crisis is sending banks out of business and governments into despair, and a new study shows it is also keeping workers awake at night.

Chances are, you spent the first few months of your child's life in a zombie-like state due to lack of sleep. The problem most likely eased over time as your baby grew out of his middle-of-the-night feedings and adjusted to his bedtime routines. But now that your child is a toddler -- perhaps even in his own "big-kid bed" -- you occasionally feel like it would be easier to win the lottery than get him to sleep.

Putting a baby to sleep should be no problem, right? At least, that's probably what you thought before you had children. Now you might be wondering if she'll ever go to sleep without a fight -- not to mention, when you will get some hard-earned shut-eye. Fortunately, there are strategies that can help turn the task from a nightmare into a dream. Well, almost.