Search Results nighttime sleep
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Regular naps improve nighttime sleep.
...experience, the length and quality of naps affect nighttime sleep. (And, conversely, nighttime sleep affects naps.) Babies differ in their napping...too late in the day will negatively affect nighttime sleep. Certain times of the day are better for...
February 1, 2004; Pediatrics for Parents
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The prevalence of daytime napping and its relationship to nighttime sleep.(Statistical Data Included)
...or more) and their effects on nighttime sleep in a group of healthy young...napping does not negatively affect nighttime sleep. Index Terms: napping, power...the effects of daytime naps on nighttime sleep, which may affect the next day...
June 22, 2001; Behavioral Medicine
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Strategies for improving residents' nighttime sleep: these researchers focused on methods that were common sense, but not commonplace. (Feature Article).(nursing home care)
...among nursing home residents and known to adversely affect sleep. Behavioral factors potentially associated with poor nighttime sleep include low levels of daytime physical activity, excessive daytime napping and lengthy periods of time spent in bed...
June 1, 2002; Nursing Homes
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Nine Hours of Sleep Key to Children Doing Their Best; NHLBI Launches Contest to Help Focus on Importance of Adequate Sleep
...encourages them to put adequate nighttime sleep on the list, along with pencils...controlling emotions. "Adequate nighttime sleep is just as important as healthy...providers-about the importance of adequate nighttime sleep. The contest invites children...
September 19, 2002; U.S. Newswire
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Improvement of Sleep Patterns in Nursing Home Residents.
...randomized trial to determine if nighttime sleep could be improved with a program...measured included duration of nighttime sleep as measured by wrist actigraphy...simple interventions can improve nighttime sleep and subsequently decrease daytime...
January 1, 2000; American Family Physician
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Caffeinated analgesics and insomnia in elderly persons. (includes editor comment)(adapted from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1995;43:860-4)(Tips from Other Journals)
In community studies, 20 to 35 percent of elderly persons report having nighttime sleep problems. Caffeine consumption has been shown to be associated with trouble falling asleep and maintaining sleep. Brown and colleagues...
February 1, 1996; American Family Physician
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narcolepsy
Sleep disorder with sudden, uncontrollable spells of daytime sleep and disturbances of nighttime sleep. It usually begins in youth or early adulthood and is presumably due to dysfunction of certain brain structures. Narcoleptics can...
January 22, 2007; Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Breathing-related sleep disorder
...brought on by frequent interruptions of nocturnal, or nighttime, sleep. A less frequent complaint is insomnia or inability...to excessive daytime sleepiness. When the regular nighttime sleep of individuals is frequently interrupted, sleepiness...
January 1, 2003; Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
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True or false: a nap can make up for a poor night's sleep.(Brief article)
...occasional catch-up, says Rafael Pelayo, M.D., of the Sleep Disorders Clinic at Stanford University Medical Center. Nighttime sleep really is better for you. Be sure to take your nap in the early afternoon and keep it between 20 and 90 minutes...
June 1, 2006; Good Housekeeping
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Catching those zzzzzzzs with the greatest of ease
...with an around-the-clock, irregular sleep schedule averaging 16 hours of sleep a day. Soon thereafter, a lengthy nighttime sleep is complemented by three daytime naps, then two, and finally one, which occurs around age 2. Most children give up...
February 10, 2008; Oakland Tribune
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