New Year's Resolutions

At the start of each year, do you make New Year's resolutions, only to find by February that you are back into your previous habits and routine? From the Sleep Talk podcast archive, this interview with Prof Art Markman from the University of Texas at Austin, will help you set goals that stick.

Daylight Saving Time

With daylight saving time ending this weekend in Australia, is it time to re-consider daylight saving? Prof Till Roenneberg discusses the pros and cons of daylight saving time.

Sleep DownUnder Highlights 2019

Highlights from the Sleep Down Under 2019 meeting in Sydney. For our monthly in-depth podcast Sleep Talk, go to SleepHub.com.au, subscribe via Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app, or download the Sleep Talk app from the iOS app store. Links:  Sleep DownUnder - conference website Medicina…

Sleep DownUnder 2018 - Highlights

Highlights from the Sleep Down Under 2018 meeting in Brisbane. Topics highlighted are narcolepsy, insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, sleep health, and the effects of caffeine on sleep. For our monthly in-depth podcast Sleep Talk, go to SleepHub.com.au, subscribe via iTunes or your favourite podcas…

Anti-depressants increase light sensitivity and impact circadian rhythms

Work publised in Psychopharmacology last month from Assoc Prof Sean Cain's group at Monash University shows that the SSRI citalopram increases sensitivity of the circadian system to light. This is an important finding that has major implications for the treatment of depression, and may explain the …

Sleep and sport

Dr David Cunnington talks with Ian Dunican from Sleep4Performance about the role of sleep in sports performance. Ian works with elite athletes and sporting teams on optimising their sleep to aid performance and recovery and is completing a PhD on the subject of sleep and performance in elite athlet…

What is Healthy Sleep?

Healthy sleep is more than just the absence of sleep disorders. Prof Daniel Buysse from University of Pittsburgh published a paper on sleep health in Sleep in 2014 (link to the paper here), challenging the field to think about sleep more broadly. In this SleepTalk Snapshot, Dr David Cunnington talk…

How does Qantas reduce the effects of jet lag?

An integral part of Qantas ultra-long-haul direct service from Australia (Perth) to London is having their passengers arrive healthy and minimising the effects of long-haul flights and jet lag. Building on their existing expertise Qantas has designed the passenger experience for these flights from …

Using maths to beat jet lag

Working out how to best use light to adjust for jet lag can be challenging. But, the Entrain app developed by a team from the University of Michigan including Dr Olivia Walch, can solve that problem for you. Just put in the details of your travel and it will tell you when to get light exposure befo…

Sleep Down Under 2016: Day 3

Highlights from Day 3 of the Sleep Down Under 2016 meeting in Adelaide. Topics highlighted today are circadian rhythms and mood, anxiety and insomnia and an approach to managing depression symptoms in sleep clinics. For our monthly in depth podcast Sleep Talk, go to SleepHub.com.au, subscribe via …