Sleep News

Sleep News: General (babies - teens):

Sleep-related nighttime crying (yonaki) in Japan: a community-based study. FUKUMIZU M, KAGA M, KOHYAMA J, HAYES MJ.Pediatrics 2005;115(1 Suppl):217-24. Department of Child Neurology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan. michio.fukumizu@umit.maine.edu

Effects of the home environment on school-aged children's sleep .SPILSBURY JC, STORFER-ISSER A, DROTAR D, ROSEN CL, KIRCHNER HL, REDLINE S.: Sleep, 2005

Effect of a consultation teaching behaviour modification on sleep performance in infants: a randomised controlled trial: SYMON BG, MARLEY JE, MARTIN AJ, NORMAN ER: Med J Aust 2005

Young Children Don't Sleep Enough, Even Infants are Sleep Deprived a Trend That Continues: 3/30/04, WebMD

Sleep Linked to Behavior Problems: 10/06/03, WebMD, "Kids with Nighttime Breathing Problems May Have Twice the Incidence of Daytime Sleepiness, Inattentiveness and Hyperactivity"

The Sleeping Child: The Effects of Sleep Disorders on Children’s Behavior and School Performance: 07/14/02, American Sleep Association

1 in 5 Kids Who Snore Have Sleep Apnea: 04/02/02, WebMD

Childhood Hyperactivity Linked to Problems With Sleep: 04/17/00, WebMD

Babies and Young Children Sleep News/Helpful Links:

Influence of swaddling on sleep and arousal characteristics of healthy infants. FRANCO P, SERET N, VAN HEES JN, SCAILLET S, GROSWASSER J, KAHN A. Pediatrics 2005;115(5):1307-11. Pediatric Sleep Unit, University Children's Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium. patricia.franco@ulb.ac.be

Impacting infant head shapes .HUMMEL P, FORTADO D. Adv Neonatal Care 2005;5(6):329-40.
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill

Factors associated with fragmented sleep at night across early childhood.TOUCHETTE E, PETIT D, PAQUET J, BOIVIN M, JAPEL C, TREMBLAY RE, MONTPLAISIR JY.: Arch PediatrAdolesc Med 2005

Infant sleep at 10 months of age as a window to cognitive development: 2005, Early Human Development

Influence of Swaddling on Sleep and Arousal Characteristics of Healthy Infants: 2005, Pediatrics

Afternoon Daylight Helps Babies Sleep Better at Night: 11/24/04, Medical News Today

Good, Sound Sleep for Your Child: 05/02/03, WebMD

Shh! Don't Wake the Baby -- He's Learning!: 04/25/01, WebMD

SIDS News:

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Risk Factors With Regards to Sleep Position, Sleep Surface, and Co-Sleeping: 2005, J Forensic Science

Are the risk factors for SIDS different for preterm and term infants?: 05/04/05, Arch Dis Child

Analysis of the human locus coeruleus in perinatal and infant sudden unexplained deaths. Possible role of the cigarette smoking in the development of this nucleus: 2005, Brain Res

Safe Infant Bedding Practices: sidsalliance.org

Elementary Kids Sleep News:

Sleep patterns and sleep problems among schoolchildren in the United States and China: 2005, Pediatrics