18 Science-Backed Sleep Tips to Make You More Productive (Infographic)
March 18, 2017 | ROSE LEADEM Online Editorial Assistant | Entrepreneur.com To boost your productivity and get you motivated, start with getting more sleep. Not getting enough sleep can directly impact your stress levels, productivity and mood. To be successful, it’s important that you’re getting a healthy amount of sleep every night. From challenges at work to issues with relationships, sometimes getting to bed can be difficult. But there are certain things you can do to increase the amount of shut-eye you get every night. To start, there are some physical hacks to help prep you for a full night …
Not Getting Enough Sleep? Blame Your Job.
April 10, 2017 | ROSE LEADEM Online Editorial Assistant | Entrpreneur.com If you’re not sleeping for more than seven hours a night, it may be time to rethink your schedule … or your career. Are you getting enough sleep? If you’re not getting at least seven hours of sleep or more every day, the answer is likely “no,” according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society. A shortage of sleep, classified as less than seven hours a day, can result in conditions such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, depression and anxiety. Although, the amount of …
Sleep Apps Need Work, Study Says
April 13, 2017 12:36 PM | VOANews.com Sleep deprivation has been linked to weakened immune systems and could cost the U.S. economy hundreds of billions, so it is no wonder many Americans are looking to apps to help them sleep. A new analysis of the 35 popular apps available to download has led researchers to say the apps need improvement. There are hundreds of sleep apps available for Android devices or iPhones, most use soothing sounds to help people fall asleep. But researchers say less than half of the apps they looked at offered any “general information about sleep” or …
‘Touchscreen-toddlers’ sleep less, researchers say
By James Gallagher | Health and science reporter, BBC News website April 13, 2017 | BBC.com Toddlers who spend time playing on smartphones and tablets seem to get slightly less sleep than those who do not, say researchers. The study in Scientific Reports suggests every hour spent using a touchscreen each day was linked to 15 minutes less sleep. However, those playing with touchscreens do develop their fine motor skills more quickly. Experts said the study was “timely” but parents should not lose sleep over it. There has been an explosion in touchscreens in the home, but understanding their impact …
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Affects Cognition in Parkinson’s Disease
Linda Peckel | April 12, 2017 | NeurologyAdvisor.com Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) is linked to higher levels of sleepiness and lower cognitive function scores, according to results published in Neurology.1 Cognitive dysfunction is one of the nonmotor symptoms (NMS) of PD that is associated with lower quality of life.2 Further, dementia occurs in about 30% of patients with PD, reaching as high as 80% in patients with advanced age and disease.3 Cognitive and psychomotor impairments have also been tied to obstructive sleep apnea, likely related to disrupted sleep and hypoxemia.4 Victoria Mercy, MD, of …
Sleep apnea treatment reduces urges to pee at night
By Léa Surugue | March 26, 2017 00:01 GMT | IBTimes.co.uk Obstructive sleep apnea is often associated with excessive urinating at nighttime. People who suffer from breathing difficulties while asleep are more likely to have to wake up at night to go to the bathroom, scientists have said. Treating them for obstructive sleep apnea might have might also the unintended positive effect of reducing excessive urinating at nighttime, a phenomenon known as nocturia. Most people can sleep uninterrupted for six to eight hours without needing to pee. In that time, the body produces less urine, but it is more concentrated. …
Taking care of those ‘noises’ in the night
By Mark Netherda | March 26, 2017 | DailyRepublic.com If you have ever been woken up by someone snoring (or been told you snore), you are not alone. Snoring is a very common condition. According to a study done in 2005, about 9 percent of women and 30 percent of men snore regularly. There are estimated to be about 90 million snorers in the United States. Reported famous snorers from history include Queen Victoria, Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte and Theodore Roosevelt. It is reported that Teddy Roosevelt snored so loudly, that once when he was hospitalized, other patients complained about …
Your Healthy Family: The difference between obstructive and central sleep apnea
By Ira Cronin | KOAA.com KOAA.com | Continuous News | Colorado Springs and Pueblo COLORADO SPRINGS – Living at altitude like we do in Colorado can be a factor for some people who deal with sleep apnea. Dr. Timothy Rummel is a board certified sleep specialist with UCHealth Memorial and Pulmonary Associates in Colorado Springs. Dr. Rummel says, “It’s pretty interesting because for about half of the population altitude makes a big difference. You look at about half of the patients and their sleep apnea is definitely worse the higher in altitude they go. About half the patients have …
It might not be a tantrum. Your sleepy child could be overtired.
HEALTH & FITNESS | MARCH 20, 2017 7:35 PM | BY LEONARDO TORRES, M.D. UHealthSystem.com She’s cranky and uncooperative. He’s hyperactive and having difficulty paying attention. They can’t wake up in the morning and are falling asleep at the kitchen table. If this is your child, they might not be getting enough sleep — even though you are getting them to bed on time and keeping them on a schedule. Sleep is essential for brain development and health. When your kids don’t get enough sleep, they can suffer in school, have mood issues and get sick more easily. Lack of …
Why sleep is Fitbit’s new obsession, and how it could be good for science
Unravelling the mysteries of a good night’s sleep Saturday, March 18, 2017 | By Hugh Langley | Wareable.com People are waking up to the importance of sleep, but the science is a box that still holds many mysteries. Sleep medicine is, relatively speaking, the new kid on the block; it wasn’t until halfway through the 20th Century that this field of research really started picking up. Now there’s no end of fitness trackers and smartwatches that track sleep, but all to varying degrees of accuracy, depth and helpfulness. Fitbit has long been one of them, with accurate tracking but lacking …
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