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People who suffer from insomnia are more punctual

Insomniacs are much more punctual than those who sleep soundly every night. This is the conclusion reached by German and British scientists after conducting an experiment with more than 600 patients from the sleep laboratory at the University of Freiburg (Germany). Specifically, the data reveals that insomniacs arrive 4 minutes earlier for appointments than people who sleep well.

The Mediterranean diet combats sleep problems

An adequate combination of a Mediterranean diet and physical exercise can help alleviate some of the symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, a sleep disorder characterized by abnormal interruptions in breathing or by moments of abnormally low respiratory rate during sleep. dream. This disorder affects 1 in 25 adults.

Does going to bed late increase the risk of nightmares?

80% of adults have nightmares at least once a year, and 5% have them more than once a month. But it is people who stay up late at night who are most at risk of nightmares, Yavuz Selvi and his colleagues at Yil University in Turkey have shown.

Who pays more for lack of sleep, young people or adults?

According to a study conducted by the University of California, adults ages 59 to 82 are more resistant to total sleep deprivation than youth ages 19 to 38. Specifically, the researchers showed that after 36 hours without sleep, older adults kept their working memory, selective attention and verbal skills almost intact.

You sleep better in hammocks

The gentle movement of the hammocks helps us fall asleep faster and achieve greater depth of sleep than a static bed, according to a study carried out by the University of Geneva (Switzerland). In addition, memory is better consolidated.

Is it true that some people fall asleep if they laugh?

Claire Scott is a British mother of two who suffers from a rare sleep disorder that causes her muscles to weaken when she laughs until she falls asleep. Cataplexy consists of sudden and usually brief episodes of loss of muscle tone during wakefulness.

Sleep to grow

Science confirms what our grandmothers already said: children grow while they sleep. Specifically, this childhood growth is linked to an increase in the total daily hours of sleep, as concluded by Michelle Lampl, from Emory University, in the first study of the biological mechanism of the "spurts".

One in five Spaniards suffers from insomnia

Insomnia is common in Spain and affects one in five people. This is demonstrated by a study by the Vall d? Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona and the Stanford School of Medicine (USA), which shows that 40% of those surveyed over 65 years of age indicate sleep interruptions during the night as the main cause of this alteration.

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