Results tagged “sleepdeprivation” from 60 Second Science

The internets are abuzz today with the news that cell phone radiation has been shown (in a rather wee study -- 35 men & 36 women) to interfere with the body's ability to enter deep, restorative sleep. So if you're gabbing before bed, you're ruining your chances at rejuvenative rest.

The teenage-girl contingent of our readership might be thinking, "So, what's the dif? I get, like, no sleep ANYway, and besides, txting MacKenzie and Bree can NOT wait until morning."

I dunno, do premature aging and increased risk of Type 2 Diabetes constitute a "dif"?

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Darpa has managed to combine to of my biggest loves — snorting things and lack of sleep — to create positive results. You see, usually when I snort things and don't sleep for days on end, I perform poorly on the various performance tests (job, girlfriend, hygiene) of the following day.

No longer: Researchers at Darpa found that a nasal spray containing the naturally-occurring brain hormone orexin A allowed sleep-deprived monkeys to perform just as well as well-rested monkeys in a series of cognitive tests. Scientists think the drug could first be used to treat narcolepsy, which may come from a lack of orexin A. Darpa also hopes to prescribe it to sleep-deprived soldiers in the field as well as the 70 percent of Americans who the National Sleep Foundation says get less than the recommended 8 hours.

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