It takes just a few days of poor sleep to affect your health. A study in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine confirms that just one night sleeping impacts your mental and physical well being… but the effects really start to pile up after three bad nights in a row. Chronic sleep loss of more than six nights in a row can lead to physical effects like a sore throat, runny nose and body aches as well as mental effects. After six night’s poor sleep, study subjects said they felt worst. Things leveled off after that.
Some researchers are concerned that in-vitro fertilization may disturb the genetics of embryos. They worry that children conceived by IVF might suffer a higher rate of cancer later. But a new study shows that IVF kids have the same low cancer rate as children conceived the normal way. The study presented to the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology followed children for 18 years after birth… and found that childhood cancers were rare either way.
If you’ve got allergies and suspect they’re worse than they used to be… you’re right. A study in the journal Scientific Reports finds that climate change has lengthened mold and pollen season. Researchers say in some parts of the United States, allergy season has increased by eight to nine weeks over the last 20 years as a result of changes in temperatures and rainfall.
And finally… experts have been concerned that Americans have a poor work-life balance, made even worse by the pandemic. But a new study in Iceland suggests that working a four day week may fix everything, with almost no downside. About one percent of Iceland’s workers moved from a 40-hour week to 35 or 36 hours over four days with no pay cut. It turns out they got just as much done if not more… and were much happier with both life and their jobs.
Medical Notes 21-31: Week of August 1, 2021
It takes just a few days of poor sleep to affect your health. A study in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine confirms that just one night sleeping impacts your mental and physical well being… but the effects really start to pile up after three bad nights in a row. Chronic sleep loss of more than six nights in a row can lead to physical effects like a sore throat, runny nose and body aches as well as mental effects. After six night’s poor sleep, study subjects said they felt worst. Things leveled off after that.
Some researchers are concerned that in-vitro fertilization may disturb the genetics of embryos. They worry that children conceived by IVF might suffer a higher rate of cancer later. But a new study shows that IVF kids have the same low cancer rate as children conceived the normal way. The study presented to the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology followed children for 18 years after birth… and found that childhood cancers were rare either way.
If you’ve got allergies and suspect they’re worse than they used to be… you’re right. A study in the journal Scientific Reports finds that climate change has lengthened mold and pollen season. Researchers say in some parts of the United States, allergy season has increased by eight to nine weeks over the last 20 years as a result of changes in temperatures and rainfall.
And finally… experts have been concerned that Americans have a poor work-life balance, made even worse by the pandemic. But a new study in Iceland suggests that working a four day week may fix everything, with almost no downside. About one percent of Iceland’s workers moved from a 40-hour week to 35 or 36 hours over four days with no pay cut. It turns out they got just as much done if not more… and were much happier with both life and their jobs.
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