Teens benefit from later high school start times, review suggests

Later high school start times are associated with positive outcomes among teens, including longer weekday sleep durations and reduced vehicular accident rates, research suggests.

Originally published at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161215085930.htm

Drug for narcolepsy could help food addicts lose weight

Overweight people could be given help with the discovery that a drug used for sleep disorder could also reduce the impulse for food, report scientists.

Originally published at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161213111953.htm

Neurons paralyze us during REM sleep

During REM sleep, the brain inhibits the motor system, which makes the sleeper completely immobile. Researchers have identified a population of neurons that is responsible for this transient muscle paralysis. The animal model created will shed light on the origin of some paradoxical sleep disorders, and more particularly the condition that prevents this paralysis. It will also be most useful in the study of Parkinson's disease, since these pathologies are related.

Originally published at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161212152408.htm

Diets rich in butter, cream and cheese may actually protect you from heart disease, cancer and Type 2 diabetes

For decades we were told that eating fat would clog our arteries and send us to an early grave, but a current study published in a leading medical journal disproves this theory.

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Baby boomers at risk of heart disease and diabetes as 9 in 10 women have too much fat

In a report examining the health of baby boomers, Dame Sally Davies, the chief medical officer, made it clear that exercise is vital to reduce the risk of an early death as a result of rising obesity rates.

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Oxygen can wake up dormant bacteria for antibiotic attacks

Bacterial resistance does not come just through adaptation to antibiotics. Sometimes the bacteria simply go to sleep. An international team of researchers is looking at compounds that attack bacteria's ability to go dormant and have found the first oxygen-sensitive toxin antitoxin system.

Originally published at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161208090742.htm

Life-saving Labrador has stopped diabetic from having over 5,000 deadly seizures

Alice Halstead, from North Yorkshire, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 15. But her six-year-old Labrador, Holly, is trained to sniff out changes in her blood sugar levels to prevent a seizure.

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