Article: SA: New research on body heat may lead to insomnia cure


AAP General News (Australia)
05-27-2004
SA: New research on body heat may lead to insomnia cure

ADELAIDE, May 27 AAP - Body temperature might hold the key to curing insomnia, new
research indicates.

A study at the University of South Australia has found body temperature plays a vital
role in the onset of sleep.

It revealed that the body needed to drop its core temperature to initiate sleep and
insomniacs consistently had a warmer body temperature immediately before retiring.

"About one to one-and-a-half hours before falling asleep, the body starts to lose heat
from its central core and that brings on increased feelings of tiredness in normal healthy
adults," said research fellow ...

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