Tag: Sleep Deprivation

Late-night use of gadgets leaves kids sleep-deprived, says study

New York: Most parents believe that an excessive late night use of gadgets has significantly hampered the sleep patterns of their teenaged children, leading to poor academic performance, researchers warn. According to them, 56 per cent of parents fall in this category. In the study, published by C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Losing just 6 hrs of sleep may up diabetes risk

Tokyo: Being deprived of sleep for just six hours or a single night may affect the liver’s ability to produce glucose and process insulin, increasing the risk of metabolic diseases such as fatty liver and Type-2 diabetes, warns a study. Sleep deprivation has been associated with eating more, moving less and having a higher risk […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Poor sleep may make you more impulsive

New York: Sleep deprivation may put you at increased risk for succumbing to impulsive desires, inattentiveness and questionable decision-making, says a study. The researchers found that poor sleep habits can have a negative effect on self-control, which presents risks to individuals’ personal and professional lives. “Our study explored how sleep habits and self-control are interwoven […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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Young kids who watch more TV get less sleep

New York: Pre-schoolers who watch less than one hour of TV per day get 22 more minutes of sleep at night — or nearly 2.5 hours per week — than those who watch more than an hour of TV daily, new research has found. The study, published in Sleep Health, Journal of the National Sleep […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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How Sleep Deprivation Affects Your Performance

New York: Sleep deprivation affects us much more than prior theories have suggested, say, researchers, adding that it impacts placekeeping – or, the ability to complete a series of steps without losing one’s place, despite potential interruptions. “Our research showed that sleep deprivation doubles the odds of making placekeeping errors and triples the number of […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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