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Sleep
07
Sep

The pandemic is ruining our sleep. Experts say ‘coronasomnia’ could imperil public health.

September 7, 2020
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/09/03/coronavirus-sleep-insomnia/ Excerpt: As if the novel coronavirus has not already wrought devastation aplenty on the world, physicians and researchers are seeing signs it is doing deep damage to people’s sleep. “Coronasomnia,” as some experts now call it, could prove to have profound public-health ramifications — creating a massive new population of chronic insomniacs grappling...
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09
Jul

Association of Outdoor Artificial Light at Night With Mental Disorders and Sleep Patterns Among US Adolescents

July 9, 2020
Paksarian D, Rudolph KE, Stapp EK, et al. Association of Outdoor Artificial Light at Night With Mental Disorders and Sleep Patterns Among US Adolescents. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online July 08, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.1935 Key Points Question  Are levels of outdoor artificial light at night associated with adolescent sleep patterns and past-year mental disorder? Findings  In a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey...
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26
Apr

A laboratory study on the effects of wind turbine noise on sleep: results of the polysomnographic WiTNES study

April 26, 2020
Sleep, zsaa046, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaa046 Published: 25 March 2020 Abstract Study Objectives Assess the physiologic and self-reported effects of wind turbine noise (WTN) on sleep. Methods Laboratory sleep study (n = 50 participants: n = 24 living close to wind turbines and n = 26 as a reference group) using polysomnography, electrocardiography, salivary cortisol, and questionnaire endpoints. Three consecutive nights (23:00–07:00): one habituation followed...
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23
Feb

Sleep and Organizational Behavior: Implications for Workplace Productivity and Safety

February 23, 2020
PMID: 32082218 PMCID: PMC7005570 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00045 Abstract The interaction between sleep and work-related behaviors influence many aspects of employee performance, safety, and health as well as organizational-level success. Although it is well established that quantity and quality of sleep can affect different types of task performance and personal health, the interactions between sleep habits and organizational behaviors have received much...
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11
Feb

Sleep Disordered Breathing and Left Ventricular Scar on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: Results of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

February 11, 2020
PMID: 32029066 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.8340 Abstract Study objective: To evaluate the independent association between sleep disordered breathing (SDB) using overnight polysomnography (PSG) and left ventricular (LV) scar using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) with late-gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in a community based cohort of the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Methods: Our analytical sample includes 934 participants from the fifth examination of MESA...
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22
Jan

Indoor light pollution and progression of carotid atherosclerosis: A longitudinal study of the HEIJO-KYO cohort.

January 22, 2020
Kenji Obayashi, Yuki Yamagami, Shinobu Tatsumi, Norio Kurumatani, Keigo Saeki, Indoor light pollution and progression of carotid atherosclerosis: A longitudinal study of the HEIJO-KYO cohort, Environment International, Volume 133, Part B, 2019, 105184, ISSN 0160-4120, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105184. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019309432) Abstract Exposure to light at inappropriate times in relation to the solar cycle can disturb circadian endocrine and...
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01
Jan

Eyeing computer vision syndrome: Awareness, knowledge, and its impact on sleep quality among medical students

January 1, 2020
Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 01 Jan 2019, 28(1):68-74DOI: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_93_18 PMID: 31879450 PMCID: PMC6929228
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20
Dec

The life and contributions of Prof. Serge Daan, behavioural biologist

December 20, 2019
University of Groningen This video paints the life and scientific contributions of Professor Serge Daan (1940-2018). Daan was an inspiring biologist with a broad interest in science. He started as professor at the University of Groningen in 1975. His publications were cited over 17,000 times and include seminal work in chronobiology, sleep research, psychiatry, physiology,...
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12
Dec

Prevalence of problematic smartphone usage and associated mental health outcomes amongst children and young people: a systematic review, meta-analysis and GRADE of the evidence

December 12, 2019
Sohn, S., Rees, P., Wildridge, B. et al. Prevalence of problematic smartphone usage and associated mental health outcomes amongst children and young people: a systematic review, meta-analysis and GRADE of the evidence. BMC Psychiatry 19, 356 (2019) doi:10.1186/s12888-019-2350-x Abstract Background Over the past decade, smartphone use has become widespread amongst today’s children and young people (CYP) which parallels increases in...
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20
Nov

A Critical Review of Digital Technology in Education that should give Policy Makers and Educators Pause for Thought

November 20, 2019
Credit for post: Professor Tom Butler and The EM Radiation Research Trust PDF https://www.radiationresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Digital-Technology-in-Education-Working-Paper-2019.pdf “Digital Technology is hardly the benign, neutral presence in education that we are often assured it to be” Selwyn (2015, p. 247) Abstract There is a dearth of scientific evidence and evidence-based practice to justify current levels of digital technology use for...
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