Nauwelijks kunnen slapen en geen grip krijgen op het normale dag- en nachtritme. Niet goed mee kunnen draaien met het leven om je heen. Dat is wat veel mensen met vergaande slaapproblemen meemaken. In de documentaire ‘Tegen de Tijd‘ worden 4 mensen gevolgd die hiervoor hulp hebben gezocht bij een slaapcentrum. Zij volgden een behandeling…
Last week, I was asked several times to talk again about the role of the biological clock for our health and the detrimental effects of Daylight Saving time. It is all about healthy sleep and the right light at the right time. Prevention of sleep problems is the most important thing. But if you suffer…
Marijke Gordijn is invited for several public events (in Dutch) on the topic of Daylight saving time. The first one will be an interview organised by Studium Generale Utrecht in collaboration with Tivoli/Vredenburg. On October 28th, at 8:15 pm on the stage of Tivoli-Vredenburg in Utrecht, Marijke will talk about the role of the biological…
Normally we promote to sleep at night and be awake during the day. However, Marijke Gordijn from Chrono@Work accepted the invitation to be one of the two guests in the night program De Slapelozen on Dutch radio on early Thursday morning August 12th 2021, between 2 and 4 am. The reason why is that during…
On January 8th, Marijke Gordijn from Chrono@Work and Roelof Hut from the University of Groningen were interviewed by EditieNL about the effects of the COVID-19 related restrictions on sleep. Colleagues recently published that on average people sleep longer and later during the lockdown. However, shortage of sleep and sleeping problems have serious health effects. EditieNL…
In the early morning of December 26th, Marijke Gordijn from Chrono@Work gave an interview on NPO Radio 1 about the role of light for well being and health. This item is especially interesting in the dark winter days around Christmas in our region. The focus of the interview was on the new study we do…
On 3 February 2020, the Flemish Traffic Sciences Foundation in Belgium (Vlaamse Stichting Verkeerskunde or VSV) is launching a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of ‘drowsy driving’. Sleepiness is one of the main causes of fatal traffic accidents. During the campaign, which runs until March 1, 2020, road users can do an online…
The European Parliament voted on March 26th this year in Strasbourg in favour of abolishing the bi-annual change in clock time. From Saturday 30th to Sunday 31st of March 2019, the clock will move forward by one hour to Central European Summertime, but from 2021 the parliament will no longer want these changes to take…
On November 7th, NTR presented a documentary FOCUS on the health risks of working at night and discusses possible solutions. In accordance with the reports of the Dutch Health Council 2015 and 2017, the most important point is to avoid working at night as much as possible. Roelof Hut from the University of Groningen and…
Chrono@Work is proactive in spreading scientific arguments for a thoughtfull decision on stopping summer/wintertime. Now that the EU recommends to end changing our clocks twice a year, each country has to decide what to do. The recommendation from the EU is based on years of discussions with and within the parliament and triggered by the outcome…
In the broadcast of 20 January 2018 Argos investigates the consequences of the night shift for hospital nurses. Sometimes the distress is so severe that nurses hit the pills. What do they do to keep going? What does this mean for patient care? In this episode of Argos, an intensive care unit nurse of the UMC…
In the Dutch Television program ‘Dokters van Morgen‘ on October 17th, Antoinette Herzenberg pays attention to the importance of a healthy sleep. As part of the program, five volunteers went camping during one weekend. Chrono@Work supported the program with scientific input and the analysis of light exposure, rest-activity rhythms and melatonin patterns. Following up on…
The Dutch media are highly interested in the new teaching package Charge Your Brainzzz. Please read the item “50% of the adolescents do not sleep enough…but in this way you will get them in bed” (in Dutch) that RTL published online on September 27th.
In addition to the WDR program of 31st January “Quarks & Co”, a special supplement section was dedicated to discuss in which ways blue light could affect our sleep. Dr Marijke Gordijn discusses how blue light could be used to make us feel more awake and alert during daytime. She also approaches the subject on…
In the WDR Television program of 31st January “Quarks & Co”, a scientific German program, approached several Sleep experts, including Dr. Marijke Gordijn, to discuss the basis for a good night’s sleep. Aspects ranging from when does snoring actually represents a threat for health, the extent to which the blue light of our screens interferes…
According to the European directives, Daylight Saving time ends in the last weekend of October. Most European countries follow this directive, which means that this year on October 30 the clock will be shifted back one hour (change from 3 am to 2 am). For us this means an extra hour on the night of…
On September 12 several media reported that according to a TNS Nipo survey among 3,400 Dutch, that one out of six workers has sleeping problems. In a radio interview with Radio North on September 12 at 13: 40h Marijke Gordijn CEO of Chrono@Work explained what the risks are of sleep deprivation (http://radio.rtvnoord.nl/ipad/index.asp?actie=radiogemist). We should distinguish…
On July 19th at 17: 15h Marijke Gordijn CEO of Chrono@Work was interviewed by Morad & Shay for the local youth radio station Funx. Following up on a British study from 2015 that discussed the optimal bed-times, times of getting up and working times for young and elderly people. Professor Kelley and colleagues published an…
Daylight saving time will be set coming Saturday to Sunday. The clock will advance and this is something we can feel well: our biological clock gets upset. Marijke Gordijn, chronobiologist at the University of Groningen explains why: ‘Our brains contain a biological clock. That signals to our body what time it is. Just like old-fashioned…
ASSEN – Daylight saving time and standard time, almost everyone is affected by it. Some more than others. Some people need four weeks to get back to their ordinary rhythms. Along with the University of Groningen, Marijke Gordijn investigates sleep disorders: “Especially the switch to daylight saving time is tough for people who are sensitive…
“We appear to sleep less and less. But too little sleep is bad for you: your focus, your memory, your digestion, your mood all suffer. Personally, I never sleep more than 5 hours a night. Prefferably, I would not sleep at all. What would 50 hours of sleep deprivation do to me?” During the episode…
