The solution is simpler than you think.
This year's Sleep Awareness Week promotes getting between seven and nine hours shut eye a night as a means to feel more alert, energized, decisive, happy and less prone to catching winter bugs.
Almost 10,000 serious workplace injuries and more than 25,000
Bosses need to get 'sleep smart' if they want their employees to be alert, productive and safe on the job, Australia's sleep watchdog warns.
The Sleep Health Foundation is concerned about the growing impact of poor sleep on the workplace, with increasingly tired workers feeling moody, indecisive
Truckies and teen drivers need to be taught about the dangers of drowsiness to stop them nodding off at the wheel, important new sleep guidelines warn.
A policy statement led by an Australian researcher for the American Thoracic Society stresses the value of getting 7-9 hours of sleep every night
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Melbourne Media: Wales Street Primary School, Thornbury has all the students turning up in pyjamas, making worry dolls and learning about sleep. Journalist can film/photograph/interview students and teachers at 10am on Friday 13th March.
Students who
Smartphone apps that promise to track sleep may leave insomniacs so anxious they can't sleep at all, health experts warn.
A flurry of new apps and devices have hit the market in the past year that claim to accurately monitor and even improve the quality and quantity of your sleep.
But specialists at
Many older Australians spend more time in bed than they need to, according to sleep experts who are now armed with the first-ever science-based guidelines for sleep length.
The National Sleep Foundation, America's leading authority on sleep, has published its inaugural age-specific recommended
Australians routinely take their laptops to bed, keep their mobile phones at their bedside and clock watch in the wee small hours, a survey of sleep habits has revealed.
A web study of 1,500 people by the Sleep Health Foundation shows Australians are indulging in bed time activities that
An innovative new web tool reveals the sleep secrets of babies, spelling the end of sleepless nights for hundreds of Australian mums and dads.
Studies show a third of new parents struggle to get their baby to sleep, and this frustrating problem triples the risk of postnatal depression among
The Sleep Health Foundation Code of Practice for Suppliers of CPAP Sleep Therapies helps ensure that high quality and consistent standards are adopted by suppliers of therapies for sleep disorders. A comprehensive and considered approach to patients and their treatment is required.
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Sleep experts are urging parents to start adjusting their child’s sleep schedule now if they want them to avoid feeling jet lagged for the first few weeks of school.
Professor Dorothy Bruck, Sleep Psychologist, Victoria University said, “Getting students back into early morning starts for school
Australia's Sleepiness Epidemic time to stop dying from lack of sleep
Survey results released by the Australian Sleep Health Foundation show a high percentage of Australians are suffering from fatigue and exhaustion on a daily basis due to inadequate or ineffective sleep.
Professor David Hillman
Truck Drivers Urged to Make Sleep A Priority
Australia’s leading sleep associations are urging the trucking industry to make sleep a priority when they are off duty.
During TruckWeek 2012 the Australasian Sleep Association and the Sleep Health Foundation are raising awareness of the importance of
