Thursday, February 4, 2010
Lots of us have the false sense that if we sleep in on the weekend, or during a vacation we can make up for chronic sleep loss.
But new research finds that regular sleep loss can’t be fixed so easily. And in our 24/7 world, where one in six Americans regularly get six or less hours [...]
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
A while back there was some research suggesting that scents smelled while sleeping could help with learning by boosting the brain’s ability to hold onto new memories.
Now new research out of Northwestern University has found that sound may work in much the same way on the sleeping brain, adding to a growing body of evidence [...]
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Being chronically sleep deprived isn’t just a miserable experience, it’s dangerous for yourself and those around you.
Lack of sleep is well known as the culprit behind anxiety and depression, as well as upping the chances of getting hurt and casting an overall shadow over work and family life.
Just recently there was a report from the [...]
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
If you’re struggling to get good nights sleep and thinking you should learn to live with your sleeping problems – think again. Findings appearing in the journal Science are some of the first to tie sleep deprivation symptoms to developing Alzheimer’s disease, the most common, most destructive form of dementia.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Shedding extra weight may improve the sleep of obese people (and their partners), with a research suggesting it even cures sleep apnea, according to a new study.
Monday, September 28, 2009
If you’ve ever battled insomnia, and estimates have from 30-50% of the general population struggling to fall asleep or stay asleep, you’ve probably tried all the home remedies for insomnia.
Warm milk or herbal tea, hot baths or showers, even counting those fluffy little sheep, you’ve tried them all and still you’re staring [...]
Friday, September 4, 2009
Cognitive Therapy Techniques, more commonly known as Cognitive behavioral therapy, CBT for short, has been found to help insomnia in older patients suffering with the pain (not to mention the disturbed sleep) of osteoarthritis according to new work appearing in the August 15, 2009 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
Cognitive behavioral therapy emphasizes [...]
Friday, September 4, 2009
Important new research, the largest ever to look at associations between disturbed sleep and illness, finds that the effects of sleep apnea, whose classic symptoms include snoring, interrupted breathing and disrupted sleep can almost double the risk of chronic disease and early death among both middle aged and elderly men.
Even moderate sleep apnea brings as [...]
A small but intriguing study out of the University of Chicago set out to look at the role sleep restriction – you know the later bedtimes and earlier wake up times we’ve all become accustomed to – might play in the risk for diabetes. What they found was an interesting link between sleep and diabetes.
The [...]
An important new study that appears in the June 8, 2009 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine has found that middle-aged adults suffering from lack of sleep effects are at higher risk of developing high blood pressure.
High blood pressure, or hypertension, contributes to 7 million deaths around the world each and every year. One third [...]
