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Many children and teens do not get enough sleep. Studies link use of screens, especially in the bedroom or in the hour before bed, to later bedtimes and less total sleep. Experts have set sleep-hour ranges for each age. Research also links short or disrupted sleep to emotional, behavioral, and…
This study looked at 1,139 chronic pain patients in a UK medical cannabis registry and compared those with poor sleep to those without. Both groups reported improvements in pain, quality of life, anxiety, and other measures over 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after starting cannabis‐based medicines. People with sleep…
In this randomized study of 206 Swedish adolescent athletes (mean age 17), researchers tested short body-scan exercises against relaxation exercises, given for either 4 or 8 weeks, and measured sleep problems and anxiety at 0, 4, 8, and 16 weeks. All four groups showed some improvement over time, but only…
