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One of the greatest things about growing older is that you get to stay up later. And it’s not just your parents who make that decision. Your body gives you permission to enjoy the darker hours too. Recent research has shown that brain changes during teen years make it easier for kids to stay up [...]

Baby sleep tips and topics: A guide for the science-minded parent 2008 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved Welcome to your source for baby sleep tips and articles based on the latest scientific research in sleep, pediatrics, and anthropology. Here you will find the latest, “state-of-the-art” baby sleep chart available to pediatricians. To interpret this [...]

THE GIST: Older adults need less sleep than their younger counterparts. Deep, or slow-wave sleep, decreases with age. Older adults are also less likely to sleep continuously. Healthy older adults need less sleep than their younger counterparts and, even with less sleep under their nightcaps, are less likely to feel tired during the day, a [...]

The ABFM recently gained approval from the American Board of Medical Specialties, or ABMS, to join nine other specialty boards in offering the hospice and palliative medicine CAQ. “Physicians who choose to become certified in hospice and palliative medicine are formally showing their commitment to providing quality care in assessing and managing the physical, psychological [...]

Affiliated Computer Services and Sleep Pointe announced May 26 ACS’ new sleep apnea reporting service through the company’s TripPak Truck Stop SCANNING Network at TravelCenters of America and Petro locations. The program is aimed at carriers looking to monitor driver usage of sleep apnea devices and is an answer to the National Transportation and Safety [...]

Sleep training: The Ferber method and its alternatives 2008 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved The Ferber methodalso known as graduated extinctionis perhaps the most well-known sleep training program for children. It is also one of the most controversial, primarily because the method involves a degree of crying it out. In a series of training [...]

Sleep requirements: A guide for the science-minded parent 2008 Gwen Dewar, all rights reserved This article reviews the science of sleep requirements. It covers Why you should be skeptical about official sleep recommendations Charts of average sleep times for infants, children, teens, and adults Information on daytime sleep (naps) Guidelines for determining your familys personal [...]

Baby sleep requirements: A guide for the science-minded parent 2008 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved If you look up baby sleep requirements in a modern parenting book, you might find a table like this: Total sleep time required over a 24-hour period Newborn…….16-17 hours 1-6 months….15-16 hours 6-12 months…14 hours 1-2 years…..13-14 hours The [...]

Infant sleep problems: A guide for the science-minded parent 2008 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved Infant sleep problems can make us crazy. In part, thats because we feel so helpless to fix them. Babies have different sleep patterns than adults, and these differences limit what we can do. For instance, we cant make a [...]

People who get less than six hours sleep per night have an increased risk of dying prematurely, researchers said on Wednesday. Those who slumbered for less than that amount of time were 12 percent more likely to die early, though researchers also found a link between sleeping more than nine hours and premature death. “If [...]