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New mothers get enough sleep, just not good sleep: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - It may come as news to new parents but a U.S. study has found that mothers do get enough sleep in their babies' first few months -- it's just not good quality. Researchers from West Virginia University ...

Sleep problems linked to weight gain in middle-age

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women, try not to think of this if you lie awake at night: having trouble sleeping means you're likely to gain weight. As if simply getting older weren't hard enough, new research shows that middle-aged and older ...

Scottish schools holding sleep lessons

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Schools in Glasgow are running a trial of "sleep lessons" to promote a healthy sleeping routine and change bad habits such as late night television."You wouldn't send somebody to school without having the right amount of food, so ...

Later-to-bed teens risk sadness, suicidal thoughts

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Earlier bedtimes make for happier teens, a new study in the journal Sleep suggests.Adolescents whose parents enforced bedtimes of 10 p.m. or earlier were significantly less likely to be depressed and to have suicidal thoughts than their ...

Restless legs syndrome, erectile dysfunction linked?

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two disorders that seem completely unrelated except that each is the focus of massive drug company ad campaigns may actually have something in common: Xiang Gao, of the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, and his colleagues ...

Stress makes for more sleepless in Taiwan: study

TAIPEI (Reuters Life! ) - More than one in five people in Taiwan suffers from insomnia likely caused by stress due to the economic woes, a figure higher than the global average, researchers said on Wednesday.The survey of 4,005 people found that ...

People with pensions sleep better after retirement

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Retirees have something else to look forward to besides playing golf -- much better sleep -- particularly if they have decent retirement benefits and retire relatively early.That's what Dr. Jussi Vahtera of the University of Turku in ...

Feeling sleepy? You're not alone

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly 70 percent of adults in the U.S. report having at least one day of insufficient rest or sleep per month, suggests a new survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.For many, poor sleep ...

Older women sleep better than men, but gripe more

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women may complain about their sleepless nights more than men do, but new research shows they're actually catching more Z's.Meanwhile, older men say their sleep is more restful than it really is. "Men completely, and much ...

Older women sleep better than men, but gripe more: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Life! ) - Older women may complain about their sleepless nights more than men do but Dutch research shows they're actually catching more sleep.Meanwhile, older men say their sleep is more restful than it really is. "Men completely, and ...
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