One Night of Poor Sleep Could Equal Six Months on a High-Fat Diet.
Published on November 5, 2015 New research finds that one night of sleep deprivation and 6 months on a high-fat diet could both impair insulin sensitivity to a similar degree, demonstrating the importance of a good night’s sleep on health. The study, conducted by Josiane Broussard, PhD, and colleagues from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, used a canine model to examine whether sleep deprivation and a high-fat diet affect insulin sensitivity in similar ways. The findings were presented during a poster presentation today at The Obesity Society Annual Meeting at ObesityWeek 2015 in Los Angeles. When the body becomes less sensitive …
The Hidden Health Dangers of Sleep Apnea
November 05, 2015 By Dr. Mercola Sleep apnea typically refers to impaired breathing from an obstructed airway during sleep, which can have serious health consequences. It’s a common problem, affecting more than half of all men and over one-quarter of women. It’s also becoming more prevalent among children, largely due to lack of breast feeding and eating processed foods. Snoring is a related problem, caused by a restriction in your airway stemming from either your throat or nasal passageway. The vibrations produced as the air struggles to get past your soft palate, uvula, tongue, tonsils, and/or muscles in the back …
Low oxygen levels could drive cancer growth, research suggests.
Date:May 3, 2012 Source:University of Georgia Summary:Low oxygen levels in cells may be a primary cause of uncontrollable tumor growth in some cancers, according to a new study. The authors’ findings run counter to widely accepted beliefs that genetic mutations are responsible for cancer growth. University of Georgia Professor Ying Xu and his colleagues analyzed information from microarray chips, which are small glass slides containing large amounts of gene material, and have found that low oxygen levels in cells may be a primary cause of uncontrollable tumor growth in some cancers. Credit: Image courtesy of University of Georgia Low oxygen …
Sleep Apnea at Night Nearly Killed Man During Day.
Diane Atwood / 7:53 a.m. EDT October 27, 2015 http://www.wcsh6.com/story/news/health/2015/10/27/sleep-apnea-night-nearly-killed-man-during-day/74205874/ “I was driving along a state highway heading home on a summer afternoon. I dozed and drifted onto the gravel shoulder toward a drop-off onto someone’s lawn. The bang of my right side mirror striking a mailbox woke me up. I swerved left and skidded back into the road. Safe this time, but frightened.” Dan was often sleepy during the day. He decided to see his doctor and told him about his near miss and some other things that had been happening lately. He fell asleep at night the moment he …
Lack of sleep linked to risk factors for diabetes and heart disease.
Health | Thu Oct 22, 2015 9:41pm BST / BY LISA RAPAPORT A businessman takes a mid-day nap in the lobby of a midtown hotel in the Manhattan borough of New York August 1, 2014. REUTERS/CARLO ALLEGRI (Reuters Health) – People who get less than six hours of sleep a night may be more likely to have risk factors that increase their odds of diabetes, heart disease and strokes, a Korean study suggests. This combination of risk factors – including high blood sugar, high cholesterol, extra fat around the midsection, high blood pressure and excess amounts of fats in the …
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. …
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 …
What is Normal Sleep? Factors that Have an Impact.
Posted by Theresa Shumard on Oct 15, 2015 6:27:28 PM “Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.” Thomas Dekker, Elizabethan-era writer and dramatist Oh how we humans do love good sleep! Humans need it to survive, thrive, and enjoy our quality of life dividends. We feel refreshed on waking and throughout the day. We feel so energetic and alert that we could just about tackle any task. Sleep has long been represented in art, music, and literature, and celebrated as one of the sheer delights of life itself. Scientists have even found primitive drawings of …
There’s a fascinating reason why it feels like it keeps getting harder to sleep as you age
ERIN BRODWIN OCT 9, 2015, 09.56 PM Infants sleep all day. Little kids get roughly 12 hours of sleep each night. But older people clock in just 7 nightly hours of shuteye. We need to sleep. It helps us process memories, learn new skills, and stabilize our mood. So what gives? Are we destined to get duller and more irritable the older we get? The answer is a little bit of yes and no. Goodbye, deep sleep The difference between an older person’s and a younger person’s sleep schedule is relatively simple: Older people rarely get all their sleep in one solid …
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