News about Matthew Walker

Matthew Walker, 38, has been classed as 'non-deployable' after injuring his right arm and hand while carrying out maintenance work on board the £3 billion aircraft carrier. The Royal Navy engineer, of Fareham, Hampshire, was blasted with shrapnel and high pressure gas in May 2021. He was airlifted to hospital when his condition deteriorated and underwent surgery to remove the debris. Not all of it could be removed with some remaining embedded in his arm with nitrogen pockets also being found under his skin, reported the Daily Echo. In documents filed to the High Court, lawyers for Mr Walker claim the MoD 'exposed the claimant to a dangerous hazard'. The MoD has admitted primary liability but is disputing the severity of the engineer's injuries and claim he was at least partly to blame.

Gone are the days of drifting off to a good book or counting sheep - as Gen Z are increasingly going to every length to ensure a good nights kip. The popularity of sleep optimisation - now dubbed sleep maxxing - has been increasing in recent months with young people are going to painstaking lengths, including mouth taping, mocktail sipping, and magnesium foot spritzing, to improve their sleep. The trend towards improving sleep, is likely a result of people's desire to get more of it, since only a quarter of British folk are getting the amount of sleep they think they need. According to one Woolroom poll earlier this year, t wo thirds of Brits are getting by on just six hours sleep a night - far less than the seven to nine hours recommended by the NHS.

A renowned doctor has revealed the common things that she would never be caught doing or eating.

Experts have revealed the devastating effects of setting multiple alarms every morning and urge people to ditch the habit for the sake of their health.

Aone-off 'injection' of stem cells could be an effective treatment for some patients with epilepsy. The treatment is thought to help by increasing production of a brain chemical called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which calms down the electrical activity in the area of the brain that triggers epileptic seizures. The first two patients to have the therapy, called NRTX-1001, had a greater than 95 per cent reduction in their seizures a year after having the injection, according to preliminary findings presented at the meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research in Boston last year. Now data presented at the American Academy of Neurology last month revealed that the treatment has been successful in two more patients. More than 630,000 people in the UK have epilepsy and, as a result of sudden bursts of electrical activity in their brain, experience seizures.

According to Dr. Matthew Walker, a neuroscience and psychology professor at the University of California, a nap should not last longer than 20 minutes. Sleep is divided into four parts, according to him, and the second stage, which takes about 20 minutes, is the most suitable napping time.

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: In deep sleep, you're most relaxed and difficult to wake up, but below the surface there's a lot going on. For example, your pituitary gland in the brain begins to secretly secrete more growth hormone, which is vital for cell growth and repair. Deep sleep also increases the production of cytokines, a form of protein that is vital in fighting infections, which is partly responsible for your increased risk of colds and decreases the effectiveness of vaccines against infections such as the flu.

Older people may be able to forget memory loss caused by Alzheimer's disease, which is the most common form of dementia. According to recent U.S. studies, people with signs of the disorder - rather than symptoms - can be shielded from memory loss if they have good-quality, deep sleep. This comes as UK researchers have recently embarked on a study looking at how improving sleep quality could help reduce the symptoms of people with the condition.

A personal trainer has shared her tips for people who sleep well but wake up feeling drained. According to Rachael Attard, a Sydney woman, one-third of adults don't get enough shut-eye, and it revealed how your body will suffer if you don't get enough sleep each night. People should do during the day and before going to bed to ensure they get a good night's sleep and wake up feeling refreshed in the morning, according to the nutritionist.

Sleep scientists at the University of Berekeley, California, have found that what you eat for breakfast and how much you sleep and exercise can determine whether you wake up sluggish and heavy or not. The three-step process, developed by some of the world's top sleep researchers, calls for a strenuous workout, sleeping longer and later, and eating a high-carb breakfast. For avoiding grogginess the next day, seven-nine hours is a good start, but even a little longer could help, according to the team. According to senior study author and psychologist Matthew Walker, a lie-in also helps to curb feelings of exhaustion.

Experts at the University of California, Berkeley, estimated how nearly 4 million charitable donations increased in the weeks leading up to and after Daylight Saving Time. After the switch, which cut people's sleep by an hour, they found a 10 percent decrease in the number of donations made. People who slept less than four days were significantly less likely to want to help others in a separate survey of 136 people over four days.