Autistic Children May Have Different Brain Wave Sleep Activity

Ben-Gurion University researchers demonstrate that brain waves of children with autism are ‘shallower’ than those of typically developing children as they sleep A large percentage of children with autism have a hard time falling asleep, wake up frequently in the middle of the night, and wake up early in the morning. Now, a new study from Ben-Gurion University of the … [Read more...]

Sleep Vital to Repair DNA Damage

It’s no secret that a good night’s sleep is important. But it’s also pretty strange that all living things require substantial shut-eye that leaves them vulnerable in a world full of danger. So what makes the benefits of sleep so great that it’s worth the risk? This is the question that researchers from Bar-Ilan University sought to answer. In a study now published … [Read more...]