A daylight saving switch survival guide.
Tom Avril, Inquirer Staff Writer Posted: Friday, October 30, 2015, 4:30 AM It is dark when the alarm goes off. It remains dark well past that first cup of coffee. Fear not, sleepyhead, for help is on the way Sunday – in the form of that annual mass reprogramming of digital devices that comes with the end of daylight saving time. But coping with the shift requires more than just turning clocks back by an hour, sleep medicine specialists warn. Many people will feel off their game for a day or two, and those with existing sleep issues can take …
What’s More Important for Weight Loss: Exercise, Healthy Eating or Sleep?
In an ideal world, you’d master all three. But, yeah, life happens. So where should you start? Exercising, eating well and getting plenty of sleep are all crucial to shedding pounds, but one might stand out from the crowd. By K. Aleisha Fetters Oct. 16, 2015 | 9:00 a.m. EDT For the past few decades, the question has been, “What’s more important for weight loss: exercise or healthy eating?” And, for decades, we have cut calories, fat and carbs, and spent more money on gym memberships than our parents would have ever imagined. We have also gained, not lost, weight. …
Sleep Paralysis and Demons In The Bed
Published on October 29, 2015 A Medical Daily news report examines the phenomena of sleep paralysis, which is thought to be connected to REM sleep. For whatever reason — researchers still don’t have a concrete explanation — we can wake up right as we enter or exit REM sleep while our bodies remain rigid and unmoving. Even though we’re not in any danger of suffocating, the fact that we can’t breathe voluntarily leaves us petrified of that possibility, and the lingering traces of REM sleep also make us susceptible to auditory and visual hallucinations. According to UK researchers Christopher C. …
Young drivers don’t see dangers of driving tired
Driving drowsy is just as dangerous as driving drunk. Drivers are more likely to get behind the wheel drowsy than drunk despite it being just as dangerous, and the worst offenders are those under 30, a QUT study has found. The research undertaken by QUT’s Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q) will be presented today at the 2015 Australasian Road Safety Conference on the Gold Coast, which runs until October 16. Road safety researcher Chris Watling said driving sleepy and driving drunk were two risky behaviours linked to a comparable increase in crash risk, yet drivers …
How Technology Can Help You Sleep Better.
Published on October 22, 2015 From Samsung’s SleepSense to 3D printing, The Week takes a look at the different types of technology available to help improve sleep. One option is using an under-mattress sleep tracker, like Samsung’s forthcoming SleepSense. The upside for owners of other smart devices is the potential to connect your sleep habits more directly to other aspects of daily life. The tracker can turn off your smart TV when you pass out, or work with your smart fridge to recommend midnight snack choices that promote more restful sleep. With enough disposable income, even your mattress itself could change …
For Our Returning Troops, Post-Traumatic Sleep Disorders Are the New PTSD
Published on October 22, 2015 Sleep deprivation during military deployment is archaic, harmful, and institutionally unavoidable. It may aggravate, and even cause, PTSD in veterans returning from combat, reports Van Winkle’s. The root of veterans’ chronic insomnia, and the PTSD that often develops alongside it, isn’t a disorder that can be cured as part of their post-discharge adjustment. It’s a symptom of larger problems that begin during deployment itself. The military indoctrinates healthy American adults into a “culture of sleep deprivation” that persists throughout their careers, says Shattuck, who works at the Naval Postgraduate Center in Monterrey, California. She says …
When it’s WOMEN whose snoring sparks war in the bedroom.
When it’s WOMEN whose snoring sparks war in the bedroom: Sleeping with a wife who snores is no laughing matter A quarter of women snore, with weight gain and menopause as triggers Nicola Simonds, 43, a full-time mum, inherited her snoring from her mother Charlotte Harvey-Wright, 37, causes husband Phil to leave the bed By SADIE NICHOLAS FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 18:52 EST, 21 October 2015 | UPDATED: 02:19 EST, 22 October 2015 As a wrecker of marriages, snoring is up there with infidelity and debt. Sleepless nights, frazzled nerves and separate beds: for those forced to sleep with …
Sleep Deprivation Affects Stem Cells, Reducing Transplant Efficiency, Study Finds
Published on October 15, 2015 According to Medical Xpress, a sleep deficit of just 4 hours can effect stem cells of the blood and immune system and reduce the efficiency of transplants. Drowsy mice make poor stem cell donors, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. A sleep deficit of just four hours affects by as much as 50 percent the ability of stem cells of the blood and immune system to migrate to the proper spots in the bone marrow of recipient mice and churn out the cell types necessary to reconstitute …
Sleep Apnea May Raise Women’s Heart Risk, But Not Men’s
Findings highlight the need to screen women for the nighttime breathing disorder, experts say WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The nighttime breathing disturbance known as sleep apnea can boost a woman’s risk for heart problems and even death, but there was no such effect for men, a new study finds. The finding “highlights the importance of sleep apnea screening and treatment for women, a group who often are not routinely screened for sleep apnea,” study co-author Dr. Susan Redline, a sleep specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, said in a hospital news release. The study involved …
What to Expect during a Sleep Study
Updated on August 21, 2015 While many people drift fast asleep with images of sugar plum fairies dancing in their head; others try everything from counting sheep to drinking warm milk in order to fall asleep, stay asleep or combat issues that interrupt their slumber. For those with issues affecting the quality of their sleep and wake times a sleep study may be just the thing the doctor ordered. I recently completed a sleep lab at my physician’s request to look for signs of apnea, a common sleep disorder in which breathing can stop and start resulting in inability to …
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