“Quella che sta vivendo l’Abruzzo per gli incendi è un’emergenza gravissima. Ad oggi, ma l’elenco è in continuo aggiornamento, il territorio di 89 comuni abruzzesi su un totale di 305  (siamo a quasi 1 comune su 3) è stato interessato dalle fiamme”. Lo dichiara il vicepresidente del WWF Italia Dante Caserta che aggiunge: “La situazione del Parco della Majella è emblematica: è incredibile che un Parco nazionale possa bruciare per 10 giorni senza che si riesca a risolvere la situazione. Non solo bisogna utilizzare tutti i mezzi a disposizione per spegnere il più presto possibile quell’incendio, ma anche individuare e correggere cosa non ha funzionato perché situazioni come queste semplicemente non devono verificarsi mai più”.

Stress, fatigue, and feeling like your memory is failing you. These are the symptoms of a growing group of patients studied as part of a thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy. Result – They may need help, but they are rarely entering the initial stages of dementia. “We are seeing a growing number of people who are seeking help because of self-perceived cognitive problems, but have no objective signs of disease despite thorough investigation,” says Marie Eckerström, doctoral student at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology and licensed psychologist at the Memory Unit of Sahlgrenska University Hospital. The influx of this particular group of patients, which currently represents one-third of the individuals who come to the unit, has increased the need for knowledge of who they are. In her work, Marie Eckerström followed a few hundred of them, both women and men, over an average of four years. They are usually highly educated professionals who are relatively young in this context, between the ages of 50 and 60. When tested at the hospital, their memory functions are intact. But, in their everyday environment where they are under pressure to constantly learn new things, they think things just are not working right.

• Children sleep more poorly if their mothers suffer from insomnia symptoms – potentially affecting their mental wellbeing and development - according to new research by the University of Warwick and the University of Basel.
• Nearly 200 school kids and their parents were studied – children whose mothers have insomnia symptoms fall asleep later, get less sleep and spend less time in deep sleep
• No link between fathers’ insomnia symptoms and children’s sleep
• Sleep is essential for wellbeing and development – lack of sleep could affect mental health, learning, memory, and school achievement

Children sleep more poorly if their mothers suffer from insomnia symptoms – potentially affecting their mental wellbeing and development - according to new research by the University of Warwick and the University of Basel.

Led by Dr Sakari Lemola from Warwick’s Department of Psychology and Natalie Urfer-Maurer from the University of Basel, the study reported in Sleep Medicine shows that children of mothers with insomnia symptoms fall asleep later, get less sleep, and spend less time in deep sleep.