- StyleFrancesca Specter
Why 'Night owls' struggle with working 9 to 5
"They are constantly having to fight against their preferences and their innate rhythms."
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
MPs debate whether school day should start at 10am to help tired teenagers
It follows a petition calling for a later school day which garnered more than 183,000 signatures
- StyleFrancesca Specter
How to get yourself out of bed in the morning, according to a sleep expert
Most of us spend 16 extra minutes in bed every morning during winter.
- StyleEvening Standard
From night terrors to insomnia: how to improve sleep issues
“There’s a huge link between sleep and mental health,” says sleep scientist Dr Sophie Bostock, who is currently working with the app Sleepio, which uses cognitive behavioural therapy to treat insomnia. According to Christopher Barnes, an associate professor at the University of Washington who focuses on tiredness in the workplace, lack of sleep affects the part of the brain used for managing emotions.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Rocking like a baby could help adults sleep more soundly
Rock a bye baby on the tree top....
- StyleHarper’s Bazaar
Gravity blankets: are weighted blankets the solution to anxiety and insomnia?
Weighted therapeutic blankets may be the panacea for poor sleep, stress and anxiety
- StyleFrancesca Specter
How what you eat affects your sleep: From breakfast to midnight snacking
What to eat and when, for a better night's snooze.
- StyleDanielle Fowler
Christmas sleeping arrangements aren't always ideal, as Twitter users are proving
This festive season, the now-famous hashtag #DuvetknowitsChristmas is helping the homeless.
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Socks or no socks: Sleep experts solve the age-old debate
There's only one right answer.
- StyleYahoo Style UK team
Some hyperactive kids may actually have sleep apnea, not ADHD: What you need to know
Doctors suggested a mother's reception age son’s temperamental outbursts were due to ADHD. But she wasn’t convinced.
- StyleEvening Standard
Why getting just two hours less sleep a night can make you an angrier person
A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General has found evidence to suggest that a lack of sleep really does make you an angrier person. Researchers from Iowa State University asked 142 participants to either maintain their normal sleep pattern or restrict it by between two and four hours over the course of two nights. "In general, anger was substantially higher for those who were sleep restricted," says study co-author Zlatan Krizan, professor of psychology at Iowa State.
- StyleDanielle Fowler
You can now sleep like a baby at London's first womb-inspired hotel
We challenge you to find a greater place to escape the run-up to Christmas.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
10% of children stay up past 10pm: Here's how to get children to bed on time
Over half of all parents say bedtime is the single most stressful time of the day
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
What your body is trying to tell you when you wake in the night
Welcome to the wide awake club!
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Alcohol Awareness Week: How drinking alcohol daily impacts your mental health
The number of people admitted to hospital with alcohol-related behavioural disorders has risen by 94% in the last ten years.
- StyleDanielle Fowler
This is the time of day when you burn the most calories
The new findings may justify our weekend lie-in.
- StyleYahoo Style UK team
What is a coffee nap - and can it make us more alert?
You may have heard of a coffee nap - but just how effective for us is it?
- StyleKristine Tarbert
Are you heading for a sleep divorce?
If your partner’s bad bedtime habits keep you awake, affecting your relationship in the daytime, or if your health is suffering from a lack of sleep – short of buying yourself a pair of Bose Sleepbuds, a sleep divorce might be the solution. A recent survey revealed a third of us are kept awake by our partner’s annoying sleep habits every single night. “This is very concerning, as a lack of sleep can lead to problems such as weight gain, lowered sex drive, a weakened immune system and mood swings to name but a few,” sleep expert Steve Adams tells Yahoo Lifestyle.
- StyleDanielle Fowler
Could drinking more water be the key to more sleep?
Make sure to leave a glass by your bed tonight.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Seasonal affective disorder: Light boxes and other SAD treatments to beat the winter blues
Figures reveal one in 15 people suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Children's sleep hardly affected by screen use, study finds
Other factors are more to blame.
