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Up half the night? Or out like a light? Warwick research finds health consequences for both

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:15:00 GMT

A study led by University of Warwick Professor Jianfeng Feng has found that regularly sleeping too little is associated with depression and brain loss in emotion areas, while sleeping too long is associated with cognitive decline and degenerative diseases.

New sleep apnoea diagnostic device could slash waiting times and improve quality of life

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 10:27:17 GMT

A new diagnostic device could help those who experience sleep apnoea get a quicker diagnosis and an improved quality of life.

How people feel about their sleep matters to their well-being, new research suggests

Fri, 04 Aug 2023 09:09:00 GMT

How people feel about their sleep has a greater impact on their well-being than what sleep-tracking technology says about their sleep quality, research led by the University of Warwick has found.

Today’s experience impacts how we feel about last night’s sleep quality

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 09:18:11 GMT

In the age of the fitness watches and smartphones, we often wake up to see an app-generated ‘sleep quality score’ evaluating how well we slept. People rarely wonder what sleep quality actually means and which aspects of our experience matter most when we come to judge our own sleep.

Personality traits relate to being a morning or evening person at both the phenotypic and genetic level

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:03:30 GMT

The link between the different hierarchies of personality, sleep patterns and even genetics has been discovered by researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of Warwick.

Genetic mutation may hold answers to controlled breathing

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 08:41:00 GMT

The relationship between the Cx26 gene and ability to regulate Carbon dioxide is to be explored by researchers from the School of Life Sciences, at the University of Warwick, thanks to a £686,956 grant from the BBSRC.

How to protect your sleep during the Covid-19 pandemic

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:51:17 GMT

Researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of Warwick, have put together a poster with tips to protect your sleep for students, however it can also apply to the general population in a time when their mental health and sleep may be suffering.

Opioids are not sleep aids, and can actually worsen sleep research finds

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 07:28:54 GMT

Evidence that taking opioids will help people with chronic pain to sleep better is limited and of poor quality, according to an interdisciplinary team of psychologists and medics from the University of Warwick in partnership with Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland.

Pint of Science returns next week bringing scientists out of the lab and into your local pub

Wed, 15 May 2019 09:14:56 GMT

The public science festival, Pint of Science, kicks off next with experts from the Universities of Warwick and Coventry talking about their research work in a selection of pubs and venues around the Coventry and Leamington Spa.

New parents face six years of disrupted sleep

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 08:08:32 GMT

The birth of a child has drastic short-term effects on new mothers’ sleep, particularly during the first three months after birth. Researchers at the University of Warwick have also found sleep duration and satisfaction is decreased up to six years after giving birth for both parents.