How Much Sleep Do Fitbit Users Really Get? A New Study Finds Out
BY DANIELLE KOSECKI | Blog.FitBit.com The launch of Sleep Stages was a huge step forward in sleep research—for Fitbit users and scientists. Available on Fitbit Alta HR, Blaze, and Charge 2, Sleep Stages uses motion detection and heart rate variability to estimate the amount of time users spend awake and in light, deep, and REM sleep each night. The result? Data that empowers Fitbit users to take control of their sleep quality and allows Fitbit scientists to dig deeper into the health effects of sleep. “The ability to easily track your sleep not only helps individuals better understand their own …
Why Lack of Sleep Is Costing Us Billions of Dollars
Published on June 2, 2017 | SleepReviewMag.com RAND Europe, a non-profit organization, realized what most of us know intrinsically—bad sleep habits have a negative impact on work performance — but researchers wanted to quantify the effects. They found that a person who, on average, sleeps less than 6 hours a night has a 13 percent higher risk of mortality than a counterpart sleeping 7 to 9 hours a night. On top of that, they found that the United States was the global leader in economic losses from bad sleep habits, losing approximately 2.92 percent of its total GDP due to …
Why Lack of Sleep Is Costing Us Billions of Dollars
If you’re sleep-deprived on the job, you risk hurting the economy — and yourself. Jun.02.2017 | 2:32 PM ET | NBCNews.com Everyone wishes they could get more done in a day, but there are extenuating circumstances, personal weaknesses, and sometimes, random factors that get in the way of us achieving our highest levels of productivity. You might experience a bit of extra stress, give in to a few extra distractions and deal with a finnicky internet connection on any given day, but there’s one factor that rises above the others in terms of its collective role in sabotaging our …
Tips and Tricks to Resolve Common Sleep Problems
June 01, 2017 | By Dr. Mercola | Mercola.com The importance of sleep is widely ignored and the cost rarely considered, even though it includes everything from reduced work productivity and increased risk of serious accidents to psychological deterioration and physiological dysfunction. The proof is quite clear: You destroy your health if you regularly ignore your body’s need for sleep to repair and recharge. Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that lack of sleep is a public health epidemic, noting that insufficient sleep has been linked to a wide variety of health problems. Skyrocketing rates of …
The Science of Adolescent Sleep
MAY 22, 2017 | By PERRI KLASS, M.D. | NYTimes.com Why do children wake up early when they are young but want to stay in bed till noon as teenagers? Experts say it’s biology. Adolescents’ bodies want to stay up late and sleep late, putting them out of sync with what their school schedules demand of them. So kids have trouble waking up, and they often find themselves feeling drowsy in morning algebra class. But that chronic sleepiness can affect their health and well-being, their behavior, and even their safety; it becomes genuinely dangerous when sleepy teenagers get behind the …
SLEEP DEPRIVATION CAN LEAD TO THE BRAIN ‘EATING ITSELF’, SAYS STUDY
Must get more sleep. OLIVIA BLAIR | Thursday 25 May 2017 08:28 BST | Independent.co.uk When you feel particularly exhausted, it can definitely feel like you are also lacking in brain capacity. Now, a new study has suggested this could be because chronic sleep deprivation can actually cause the brain to eat itself. New research, conducted by Michele Bellesi of the Marche Polytechnic University in Italy and published in the Journal of Neuroscience, analysed the brains of mice who had regular sleep, spontaneous wake, sleep deprivation and chronic sleep deprivation. Using block-face scanning software, the scientists measured the synapses and …
SLEEP PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
Sowmya Nath | Interactive Autism Network at Kennedy Krieger Institute | August 14, 2013 | IANCommunity.org Most parents struggle at one time or other to get their children to sleep. Tantrums before bedtime, waking up at night, refusing to fall back asleep are common behaviors in children. If your child is experiencing any of these problems, you are definitely not alone. Though the numbers vary from study to study, researchers estimate that 26 percent to 32 percent of typically-developing children experience sleep problems. An even larger portion of children (estimates range from 53 to 78 percent) with autism spectrum disorder …
We sleep less as we age because our brains don’t think we’re tired
By Claire Maldarelli | April 5, 2017 | PopSCI.com Sadly, there’s nothing we can do about it—yet It’s a known fact that as we age, we sleep less. But the reasoning behind this phenomenon is poorly understood. Do older adults sleep less because they need less sleep, or because they simply can’t get the sleep they need? In a review out today in the journal Neuron, a group of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley argue the latter—that because of certain brain mechanisms that change as we age, we are unable to get a necessary amount of sleep. Researchers …
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 …
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