How to make sleeping with your partner a better experience
December 31, 2014 Read later Rachel Clun Here are some of the most common problems with sleeping with a partner, and how to deal with them. Sleeping with your partner doesn’t have to be a chore. Photo: Getty Images Sleeping with your significant other is not always the wonderful thing it’s portrayed in the movies. Different habits, snoring, sleep talking and moving are just a few of the things that could disturb your sleep with a partner in bed. If you’re not well rested, you’re also liable to be tired and cranky – and potentially cranky at your partner. To avoid …
Tips for Preventing Post-Workout Insomnia
Notes from Dr. Norman BlumenstockExercise can improve sleep. January 02, 2015 By Dr. Mercola It is important to make time for exercise on a regular basis, and for many this means squeezing in a workout early in the morning, during a lunch hour, or even late at night, just before bed. However, some have difficulty sleeping if they exercise too late in the evening. If you are one of these individuals, you might be reacting to the increased adrenalin and cortisol that result from strenuous activity, which can make it difficult to fall asleep. A common recommendation is to avoid …
Athletes Take Note: Sleeping More Can Give You a Competitive Edge
Notes from Dr. Norman BlumenstockAthletes, take note: if you want to optimize your athletic performance, be sure to get your zzz’s. December 26, 2014 By Dr. Mercola Athletes, take note: if you want to optimize your athletic performance, be sure to get your zzz’s. As noted by The Atlantic:1 “Without proper sleep, whether it’s a short-term or long-term deficit, there are substantial effects on mood, mental and cognitive skills, and motor abilities. When it comes to recovery from hard physical efforts, there’s simply no better treatment than sleep, and a lot of it.” Not surprisingly, sleep deprivation has a detrimental effect …
Metro-North railroad in New York approves contract to screen and test engineers for sleep apnea
American Academy of Sleep MedicineThursday, December 18, 2014Earlier this week USA Today reported that the Metro-North New York commuter railroad will hire a firm to screen and test engineers for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) following a deadly crash that was caused by a fatigued engineer who had undiagnosed OSA. The crash killed four people and injured 70 in the Bronx on Dec. 1, 2013. The engineer, who fell asleep before the train derailed, was later diagnosed with OSA. Metro-North will spend up to $200,000 on a 7-month pilot program. All 410 Metro-North engineers and some 20 engineers in training will have to answer …
THE NEW HABIT CHALLENGE: OPTIMIZE YOUR SLEEP FOR MORE CREATIVE THINKING
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock Sleep has been proven to improve our ability to come up with creative solutions to problems by assisting the brain in flagging unrelated ideas and memories and forging connections among them. REM sleep is especially good at doing this according to psychologists from UC San Diego, who say REM sleep works better than any other state of being at fostering creative thinking. USE THIS BEDTIME ROUTINE TO WAKE UP WITH MORE BRILLIANT IDEAS. BY RACHEL GILLETTIf you’ve ever been told to “just sleep on it,” you may have considered the platitude a thinly veiled attempt …
Eight Foods That Will Put You To Sleep In No Time
Dec 08, 2014 10:18 AM EST | By Food World News Reporter There are slow nights that make sleeping like a test. Sometimes sleeping becomes really complicated that make you reach out for something, or grab anything that could make you sleep. If you are one of the many people who find sleeping a hard task, here are eight foods that will put you to sleep: Cheese and crackers are foods that can help you sleep. Earlier, we have known that warm milk can stimulate sleep. But the reason behind this is all dairy food sources can actually help. Dairy is …
Poor Quality Sleep Could Lead To Brain Changes And Dementia, Study Finds
Posted: 12/10/2014 4:08 pm EST Updated: 12/10/2014 4:59 pm EST It’s bad enough being one of the millions of people suffering from sleep-disturbing conditions like emphysema and sleep apnea, waking up tired or having your spouse complain about your loud snoring. Now a new study reveals even scarier effects of not getting enough quality sleep. Findings unveiled today in the journal Neurology, links the effects of sleep disturbances to brain changes that could lead to dementia later in life. Researchers looked at a cohort of 167 Japanese-American men with an average age of 84, following the mens’ sleep patterns from the start of the study until …
How Long You Sleep May Be in Your Genes
By Agata Blaszczak-Boxe, Contributing Writer | December 02, 2014 02:09pm ETThe amount of time people spend sleeping is linked with two regions of their DNA, a new studysuggests. In the study, researchers examined data from more than 47,000 people of European ancestry who were participating in ongoing studies in Europe, the United States and Australia, and nearly 5,000 African-Americans. The researchers compared people’s genetic information with how long they reported sleeping on an average night. The results revealed two regions of DNA that might be related to how long a person usually sleeps. The first of the two regions was …
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock Sleep Deprivation can occur from either poor quality of sleep like obstructive sleep apnea or form just not getting enough hours of bed time. LEADERSHIP 12/01/2014 @ 12:05PM The next time you tell yourself that you’ll sleep when you’re dead, realize that you’re making a decision that can make that day come much sooner. Pushing late into the night is a health and productivity killer. According to the Division of Sleep Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, the short-term productivity gains from skipping sleep to work are quickly washed away by the detrimental effects of sleep …
Sleep Apnea Linked to Poor Aerobic Fitness
Published on November 24, 2014 People with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea may have an intrinsic inability to burn high amounts of oxygen during strenuous aerobic exercise, according to a new study led by researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The study, reported in the current issue of Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, shows that people with sleep apnea, in which breathing repeatedly starts and stops during slumber, have a lower peak oxygen uptake during aerobic activity than those who do not suffer from the sleep disorder. People who suffer from apnea are more likely …
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