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NEWS ABOUT: sleep deprivation

sleep deprivation stories: 29 news summaries

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Iowa Keeps Candidates Awake at Night

24/7 campaigns have made for a raft of fatigue-induced gaffes

Jan 3, 08 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Fatigue has officially taken hold in Iowa, and not just for voters. “I won’t remember Iowans,” a sleep-deprived Mitt Romney said recently (he meant “I’ll never forget”), while Mike Huckabee offered “apologies” over Benazir Bhutto’s death (he’s not a suspect), and... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Mike Huckabee • sleep deprivation • Iowa caucus • fatigue • Election 2008

Poor Sleep Linked
to Diabetes

Tired bodies have trouble regulating blood sugar, research shows

Jan 1, 08 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Poor sleep may lead to weight gain and diabetes, according to new research. After only 3 nights of light sleep, healthy people lost their ability to process sugar by 23%, perhaps explaining why many diabetics also have sleep disorders, ABC News reports. Although the survey sample was small, it casts... More »

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diabetes • University of Chicago • pancreas • sleep deprivation • insulin • weight gain • slow wave sleep • Joslin Diabetes Center • Dr. Esra Tasali • Dr. Martin Abrahamson • University of Rochester • insulin resistance • sleep disorder

Nasal Spray
May Beat Caffeine

In tests, hormone erases effects of
too little shut-eye

Dec 29, 07 2:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Help may be on the way for tired Americans in the form of a nasal spray that eliminates sleepiness without apparent side effects, reports Wired. UCLA scientists testing the naturally occurring brain hormone orexin A found that when used as a spray, it allowed sleep-deprived monkeys to perform as well... More »

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sleep • science • caffeine • blood pressure • sleep deprivation

Tired Pilots Wake Up Just
in Time to Land Red-Eye

2004 incident comes to light during Congressional hearing

Nov 2, 07 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two commercial pilots—one of whom had flown three straights nights—fell asleep on a red-eye flight from Baltimore to Denver in 2004 but woke up just in time to land safely, the Rocky Mountain News reports. The plane was coming in much too fast and high, but the captain... More »

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airline safety • pilot • sleep deprivation • pilot fatigue

Lack of Sleep Doubles Risk of Heart Disease

Researchers suspect link between blood pressure, fewer Zs

Sep 24, 07 4:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Getting 7 hours of sleep a night is best, and people who consistently sleep less are risking their lives, a new study says. Researchers followed 10,000 civil servants for 17 years and found that those who reduced their sleep from 7 hours a night to 5 or less doubled... More »

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sleep • United Kingdom • heart disease • blood pressure • sleep deprivation

Yawning Gap in Sleep Time Linked to Work, Cell Phones

Study also finds preschoolers with less sleep are more hyperactive

Sep 4, 07 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cell phones and long work hours are the biggest thieves of sleep, according to new studies in the journal Sleep. People who slept 4.5 hours or less per night worked about 1.5 hours more per weekday and nearly two hours more on weekends, researchers found. Almost two-thirds of... More »

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sleep • health • cell phones • children • sleep deprivation • teenager

Web, TV Cut Sleep Quality

Heavy users say they get fewer z's, even
when they don't, survey finds

Aug 24, 07 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Watching TV or surfing the web before bed can reduce the quality of sleep, a Japanese study has found. Reuters reports that people who unglue themselves from the screen before hitting the sheets reported less sleep, even though they sleep as much as the less addicted. More »

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television • Internet • sleep • sleep deprivation • Osaka University

Psychologists Won't Impose Gitmo Ban

Group votes to list interrogation techniques it won't help with

Aug 20, 07 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American Psychological Association has voted not to ban members from assisting with interrogations at Guantanamo and other military prisons, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Instead, the group approved a measure listing specific procedures members won't help with, including sleep deprivation and water-boarding. "If we remove psychologists from these... More »

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torture • human rights • prison • Guantanamo Bay • psychology • interrogation • American Psychological Association • sleep deprivation

Shrinks Fault CIA Torture Tactics

Professional group to condemn interrogation techniques

Aug 15, 07 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American Psychological Association, long chummy with the CIA, is set to condemn tactics the spy agency has been using to interrogate terror detainees, writes Salon. Members have in the past worked with the CIA to design techniques: now the group wants to distance itself by formally opposing a long... More »

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CIA • torture • abuse • psychology • detainee • interrogation • sleep deprivation • waterboarding • torture list

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