Weekly Fish Consumption Linked to Better Sleep
Published on December 26, 2017 | SleepReviewMag.com Children who eat fish at least once a week sleep better and have IQ scores that are 4 points higher, on average, than those who consume fish less frequently or not at all. These findings from the University of Pennsylvania are published in Scientific Reports, a Nature journal. Previous studies showed a relationship between omega-3s, the fatty acids in many types of fish, and improved intelligence, as well as omega-3s and better sleep. But they’ve never all been connected before. This work, conducted by Jianghong Liu, Jennifer Pinto-Martin, and Alexandra Hanlon of the School of Nursing …
2018 Goals: Get more sleep. Sleep deprivation is toxic to your health
Jeff Stibel, Special to USA TODAYPublished 4:00 a.m. ET Dec. 22, 2017 | Updated 11:25 a.m. ET Dec. 31, 2017 | USAToday.com If you’ve ever found yourself drifting off to sleep only to be woken by a vigorous, full-body twitch or jerk, don’t feel alarmed. You can live for about three minutes without air, three days without water and about 21 days without food. But in between food and water, there is something else critically essential: sleep. It turns out you can only live about 11 days without sleep. You can give it a try if you don’t believe me, but, just …
Tossing, Turning, Sweating and … Snoring? It’s the Unspoken Menopause Symptom
DECEMBER 23, 2017 | By Nancy Rothstein | The Sleep Ambassador | MilwaukeeCourierOnline.com If you’re a woman over 40, you may be a snorer and not even realize it. Or if you know you snore, you may not talk about it with your partner or your doctor. It’s just not ladylike. Yet snoring could have a negative impact on every area of your life. Women tend to begin snoring later in life than men. Snoring is more common and more severe once we are post-menopausal. 1. The National Sleep Foundation reported that 43 percent of perimenopausal women report experiencing symptoms of a sleep disorder, such …
Orthosomnia Is the New Sleep Disorder You Haven’t Heard Of
Yes, it’s possible to be too obsessed with sleep. By Julia Malacoff | Nov 06, 2017 | Shape.com Fitness trackers are great for monitoring your activity and making you more aware of your habits, including how much (or how little) you sleep. For the truly sleep-obsessed, there are dedicated sleep trackers, like the Emfit QS, which tracks your heart rate all night long to give you information about the quality of your sleep. Overall, that’s a good thing: high-quality sleep has been linked to healthy brain function, emotional well-being, and a stronger immune system, according to the National Institutes of Health. But like all good things (exercise, …
Scientists Make Progress Linking Sleep Duration Genes to Variety of Biological Processes
Published on December 14, 2017 – SleepReviewMag.com Scientists have identified differences in a group of genes they say might help explain why some people need a lot more sleep—and others less—than most. The study, conducted using fruit fly populations bred to model natural variations in human sleep patterns, provides new clues to how genes for sleep duration are linked to a wide variety of biological processes. Researchers say a better understanding of these processes could lead to new ways to treat sleep disorders such as insomnia and narcolepsy. Led by scientists with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part …
Staying up late to watch the Super Bowl? Here’s how to cope with Monday
Updated: JANUARY 31, 2018 — 5:00 AM EST – by Mari A. Schaefer, Staff Writer – Philly.com So, what is your Super Bowl strategy? Not the I’m-picking-the-Eagles-by-10-over-the-Patriots strategy. This is the how-to-stay-up-late-to-celebrate-and-still-function-on-Monday strategy. We’re talking sleep. The Monday after the Super Bowl has long been a tough one for American workers. Two years ago Ohio governor and then-presidential candidate John Kasich offered up the best campaign promise ever when he suggested the Monday after the Super Bowl should be a national holiday. Incredibly, he lost. You may have even seen the annual articles about how there will be a billion dollars in lost office productivity the day after the big game, …
Restless Legs Syndrome Linked With Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease-related Death in Women
Published on December 19, 2017 – SleepReviewMag.com Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related death among women, according to research published in the January 2018 issue of Neurology. Xiang Gao, MD, PhD, associate professor of nutritional sciences at Penn State, and colleagues found that women with physician-diagnosed RLS have elevated rates of CVD-related mortality. Specifically, women had a 43% higher likelihood of death due to cardiovascular disease during a 10-year period, compared to those without physician-diagnosed RLS. “This study suggests that RLS could be a novel risk factor for CVD-related death,” says Gao, who is also …
Is snoring always a sign of sleep apnea?
Health.Harvard.edu Ask the doctors Published: January, 2018 Q. My partner says I snore at night. Does this mean I have sleep apnea? A. If you snore at night, you’re in good company. Some 90 million Americans have the same problem, according to the American Sleep Apnea Association. And luckily, not all of them have sleep apnea. Snoring is typically caused by a narrowing of your upper airway. Tissues in the back of your throat sometimes relax in your sleep and drop down, partially blocking the passageway. Air from your breathing rattles the tissue, creating that distinctive noise as it flows past. Simple …
Older Adults’ Forgetfulness Tied To Faulty Brain Rhythms In Sleep
December 18, 20174:47 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition – NPR.org Older brains may forget more because they lose their rhythm at night. During deep sleep, older people have less coordination between two brain waves that are important to saving new memories, a team reports in the journal Neuron. “It’s like a drummer that’s perhaps just one beat off the rhythm,” says Matt Walker, one of the paper’s authors and a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. “The aging brain just doesn’t seem to be able to synchronize its brain waves effectively.” The finding appears to answer a long-standing question about …
Sleeping in a cold room is better for you
Posted: Dec 16, 2017 9:58 PM CST – Updated: Dec 16, 2017 10:00 PM CST – WNEM.com Adam McDonald, Digital Producer, Meredith (Meredith) – What temperature do you keep your home? 75 degrees? 72? A study has shown that you can actually get better sleep in a cold bedroom. But what’s the sweet spot? Experts say anywhere between 60 to 67 degrees Fahrenheit. If you’re above 75 degrees or below 54, that can make sleeping more difficult, according to Charlottesville Neurology & Sleep Medicine Medical Director Dr. Christopher Winter. In an article written by Winter and posted by the Huffington Post, he said that those who …
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