A Third of U.S. Adults Don’t Get Regular, Refreshing Sleep.
February 19, 2016 | By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2016 (HealthDay News) — One of every three Americans doesn’t get enough sleep on a regular basis, a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. About 35 percent of U.S. adults are sleeping less than seven hours a night, increasing their risk of a wide variety of health problems, CDC researchers reported on Feb. 18 in the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Getting less than seven hours of sleep a night has been associated with increased risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, …
10 ways police officers can get better sleep
How safe do you feel knowing your backup officer hasn’t had a restful night’s sleep in weeks and is struggling to stay awake? Feb 12, 2016 Sleep is important because it is the body’s way of recharging and rejuvenating. Once sleep is lost, it cannot be made up. Many first responders suffer from sleep-related issues, “…due in-part to odd shifts and long hours without adequate rest between shifts” (Johnson, 2013). Sleep deprivation has numerous health and safety concerns (i.e., increased blood pressure, accident prone, weight gain, depression, increased cancer risks, etc.). How safe do you feel knowing your backup officer …
Why Chronic Insomnia and Other Sleep Problems Get Ignored
Learn how to make sure you’re diagnosed and treated the right way for your sleep troubles By Catherine Winters Last updated: February 25, 2016 Up to 70 million Americans have a sleep disorder such as chronic insomnia—and this condition and others can bring persistent difficulty sleeping and subsequent trouble functioning during the day. More than 40 million don’t get properly diagnosed or treated, according to research published in the journal Sleep Medicine. Some people may be unaware of sleep interruptions, and often, “patients don’t bring their sleep to the attention of doctors because they don’t think it’s ‘medical’ or think …
This sleep scientist says you probably don’t have insomnia.
Julia Calderone | Feb 8, 2016, 2:20 PM Americans as a whole are really bad at sleeping. In a survey of more than 70,000 people in the US about a third of respondents said that they snoozed for less than seven hours per night. About 38% said that they’d fallen asleep during the day at least once in the month prior. It’s no surprise, then, that millions of Americans suffer from a wide range of sleep disorders. But their actual diagnoses may not be so straightforward. Many people who have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep assume that they have …
Fibromyalgia and sleep disorders: Link between sleep apnea, insomnia and restless legs syndrome
By: Dr. Victor Marchione | Fibromyalgia | Friday, November 20, 2015 – 03:00 PM Fibromyalgia is linked with sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, insomnia and restless legs syndrome. Fibromyalgia is a condition where a person experiences all-over pain and stiffness, from the joints to the muscles. Fibromyalgia can also lead to sleep disorders due to patients being unable to sleep because of high levels of body pain. Fibromyalgia and sleep disorders seem to go hand in hand. Pain causes the individual to not sleep and the lack of sleep leads to more pain, and so on and so forth. …
8 Strategies to Improve Infant Sleep Naturally.
Babies are naturally terrible sleepers. As parents we often feel it is best to do what nature intended, but when it comes to sleep this can be challenging. It’s completely normal for babies to wake during the night when they need to be fed, comforted, or calmed. If you have an infant, night wakings are something that you need to accept, however some babies do wake up more than others, and some take longer to get back to sleep. There are several gentle and natural strategies that can nurture good sleep habits in your baby. Using these simple strategies may …
College Students Aren’t Getting Enough Sleep. These Universities Are Trying To Change That.
04/19/2015 11:03 pm ET | Updated Apr 20, 2015 Tyler Kingkade Senior Editor/Reporter, The Huffington Post The University of California-Los Angeles recently hosted a series of events on campus to raise awareness about the importance of sleep, reports the student newspaper the Daily Bruin. “There’s a weird pride in certain students when they pull all nighters,” Kendra Knudsen, a coordinator with the UCLA Mind Well initiative, told the Daily Bruin earlier this month. “They need to re-prioritize, if they don’t have time for sleep, looking at their schedule and seeing what is really important.” A temporary nap room was …
Indians among the most sleep-deprived.
Payal Gwalani | Mar 2, 2015, 03.40 AM IST Nagpur: Several studies put India high up in the list of the world’s most sleep deprived countries. Until recently, there was no government study of policy on the issue. The first step towards framing regulations about treatment of sleep disorders was taken in the last quarter of 2014 by the ministry of health and family welfare. The guidelines of Indian initiative on Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (INOSA) were laid down under the aegis of department of health research, ministry of health and family welfare of Government of India. A series of meetings …
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