Participants in the study were measured as moving more quickly into a sleep state and enhanced that sleep once it started.
One particular example has it guiding users though an efficient power nap, by starting a timer once they've started dozing and only waking them once they've come out of a deeper sleep state.
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It started at 4:45 a.m. when the sound of a dying seal permeated my dreams, and I was still in a semi-sleep state when I realized the mortally wounded seal was in fact my six-year-old son, lying on the floor by my bed, unable to draw breath.
"Insomnia is universal, " says Martin Scharf , director of the Tri-State Sleep Center in Cincinnati.
Many of the patients had been sedated and died in their sleep from smoke inhalation, state-run news RIA-Novosti said, citing police sources.
"We believe this all-new version of our flagship activity and sleep tracker, combined with state-of-the art Bluetooth syncing and our fresh, innovative social features will create a great experience that will inspire and empower people to live healthier more active lives, " James Park, CEO and founder of Fitbit.
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With its built-in accelerometer and microphone, the smartphone can detect the state of the user's sleep and provide detailed information about the user's sleeping habits, including the duration of sleep, the number of times the user rolls over during the night, and snoring-related information.
Dr. Daniel Hanley, professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins Medicine, in Maryland, told CNN that VS is a coma-like state in which patients have a sleep and wake cycle, and can show reflex chewing, swallowing and blinking, but don't respond to language or stimulation.
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The business secretary, who was last week given the additional title of first secretary of state, said he would not "lose any sleep" over the threat posed by those Labour MPs who opposed Mr Brown's leadership of the party.
Dr Paul Goldwater, from the Women and Children's Hospital in North Adelaide, said that a recent rise in cot deaths in the state of Victoria - despite the "back to sleep" advice - raised question marks over its true role in the fall in sudden infant death.
It's my cue to be careful -- to steer clear of red wine and sugar, two sure triggers when I'm in that sensitive state, and to get enough rest since lack of sleep can tip me over the edge, too.
" From his mother, in rural Washington state, after some surgery: "I must say, the sleep was the best I have had in months.
By studying the climbers, six of whom reached the summit, the researchers hope to gain insight into heart failure, lung disease and sleep apnea all conditions related to a low-oxygen, or hypoxic, state.
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Jeff Hyman, CEO of Retrofit, explains that his company uses a device known as a Fitbit along with a Withings scale (with state of the art wireless and tracking technology) that makes tracking your activity, sleep and weighing yourself rather simple.
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