Despite their popularity, blue light-blocking glasses probably don’t do much to reduce eyestrain, help keep people alert or improve sleep, according to a meta-analysis looking at 17 studies published Thursday. The glasses, which sellers claim protect the eyes from potentially harmful blue light coming from screens, first hit the scene in the early 2000s. Search interest… Continue reading Blue light-blocking glasses don’t protect eyes or improve sleep, study finds
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Britons living in deprived areas have poorer sleep quality, study finds | Sleep
People living in deprived areas of the UK have poorer sleep quality than those in affluent areas, the first large-scale study of sleep across the population has found. Black people reported the worst sleep overall, with the research finding both social deprivation and ethnicity affect sleep quality, irrespective of age, sex, personal wealth, employment and… Continue reading Britons living in deprived areas have poorer sleep quality, study finds | Sleep
‘Social jetlag’: why a good night’s sleep is now a luxury that many go without | Sonia Sodha
I barely thought about sleep in my 20s; whether I got four or eight hours didn’t seem to make much difference to how I felt the next day. A couple of decades later and it’s a different story: a night spent tossing and turning leaves me headachey and prone to travel sickness and brain fog.… Continue reading ‘Social jetlag’: why a good night’s sleep is now a luxury that many go without | Sonia Sodha
Wife of suspect in Gilgo Beach killings says her children ‘cry themselves to sleep’ following his arrest
The estranged wife of the Manhattan architect charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings says her two children “cry themselves to sleep” and she has “no answers” for them when they ask about her husband’s arrest. Asa Ellerup, 59, who has filed for divorce from suspect Rex Heuermann, spoke out in an interview with the New… Continue reading Wife of suspect in Gilgo Beach killings says her children ‘cry themselves to sleep’ following his arrest