Topic: Associated Professional Sleep Societies Llc

Many Americans Sleep-Deprived: Study

Almost one in five adults in the United States suffers moderate to excessive daytime sleepiness, a new study finds. "The prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness is very high in the American population, much higher than what we observed in the European population," ...

Many Americans Sleep-Deprived: Study

Almost one in five adults in the United States suffers moderate to excessive daytime sleepiness, a new study finds. "The prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness is very high in the American population, much higher than what we observed in the European population," ...

As Sleep Improves, Grades Seem to Go Up

6/10/2009 Print E-mail Better quality sleep and more efficient sleep just might lead to higher grades, especially in math.. The study found an association between higher math scores and fewer awakenings at night, less time spent in bed, higher sleep efficiency, greater ...

Meditation May Help Put Primary Insomnia to Bed

6/9/2009 Print E-mail If you're tossing and turning and having trouble getting a good night's sleep, you may want to consider meditation, researchers suggest.. People with primary insomnia reported that they slept better after trying meditation, according to a new study to ...

Better Sleepers Are 'Successful Agers'

6/12/2008 Print E-mail Normal sleep is associated with healthy aging, a new study found.. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego assessed 2,226 women aged 60 and older for use of sleeping aids, daytime sleepiness, napping, insomnia, early morning awakening, snoring, ...

Sleepy Driving Prevalent Among Collegians

6/9/2008 Print E-mail Driving while suffering from a lack of sleep may be a real problem for American college students, a new report suggests.. Interviews with 263 students at the University of North Texas found that 17 percent of them fell asleep ...
More than one-third of police officers have some sort of sleep disorder, according to a survey reported during the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in Minneapolis.. Shantha Rajaratnam, Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues analyzed self-reported ...

Many Cops Have Troubled Sleep

6/13/2007 Print E-mail Sleep disorders strike more than a third of police officers, new research suggests.. "This study is long overdue," said Michael L. Perlis, director of the Sleep Research Laboratory at the University of Rochester, who was not involved in the ...