5 BEDROOM TWEAKS TO HELP YOU SLEEP THROUGH THE HOTTEST SUMMER NIGHTS
GOOD ADVICE | ALEXANDRA ILYASHOV, JULY 13, 2017 | WellAndGood.com When the mercury rises, a truly great night’s sleep can feel elusive. (It’s hard to catch zzz’s when you’re searching for the cool spot on the pillow.) But rather than crank the AC, a more comfortable snooze session could be as attainable as sliding between the right sheets and laying your head on a cushion that won’t capture heat—plus a few other sustainable swaps—say healthy home experts Lisa and Ron Beres. “Creating a sleep sanctuary is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity.” Wondering how to kick off your hot weather …
Can Sleeping in Decrease Your Waist Size?
July 06, 2017 | Mercola.com By Dr. Mercola About 1 in 3 Americans are getting less than seven hours of sleep a night, and an estimated 83.6 million adults in the U.S. are sleep-deprived. If you’re trying to lose weight, you may be surprised to know the amount and quality of sleep you get might be as influential as your choice of diet and exercise. Research continues to confirm that sleep is an important factor in helping you avoid diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and obesity. Notably, sleeping in on weekends — a practice quite common among teenagers — …
Home Test Could Be Life-Changing For Apnea Sufferers And Their Sleep Partners
June 20, 2017 7:06 PM | NewYork.CBSLocal.com NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Are you tired all day? Maybe you’re gaining weight, and your blood pressure is a little high — your problem may be something called ‘sleep apnea.’ As CBS2’s Dr. Max Gomez explained, there’s an easy and safe home test to tell if you have it. Sleep apnea means you stop breathing and wake up for tiny periods during the night, causing serious health problems. It can happen hundreds of times a night without the person even realizing it. It used to take an expensive in-clinic sleep study to diagnose …
Night owls, rejoice: A late workout shouldn’t hinder your sleep
CAROLEE BELKIN WALKER | Last updated 14:44, June 8 2017 | Stuff.co.nz OPINION: If you have a 9-to-5 job, running outside during daylight may not always be an option. But running at night? Is that really a suitable alternative – wouldn’t exercising at night keep you awake? I know there are plenty of people of all ages who work out in the early evenings after work or school, because I see them running in my neighborhood or at the gym. And I’ve done this myself on occasion. Yet as my marathon training approached, I wondered what impact shifting to evening …
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 …
How Stress Affects the Body
HeartMath.com Stress Facts Understanding the mechanics of stress gives you the advantage of being more aware of and sensitive to your own level of stress and knowing when and how to take proactive steps. This increased awareness also helps you to better care for your family, friends and colleagues. Here are a few stress facts that many people are unaware of: Fact #1:Your body doesn’t care if it’s a big stress or a little one. The human body doesn’t discriminate between a BIG stress or a little one. Regardless of the significance, stress affects the body in predictable ways. A …
Study finds quality sleep feels same as winning the lottery
By Amy Wallace | March 16, 2017 at 11:43 AM | UPI.com March 16 (UPI) — Psychologists at the University of Warwick in England suggest improving quality of sleep has similar benefits to health and happiness as winning the lottery. Researchers analyzed the sleep patterns of more than 30,500 Britons over a four-year period and found that improved sleep quality leads to levels of mental and physical health comparable to those of a person who has won a lottery jackpot of nearly $250,000. The team, led by Dr. Nicole Tang of the Department of Psychology at the University of Warwick, …
Don’t lose sleep over weight gain, it will only add to it
Published: 20:00 March 16, 2017 | Gulf News | Mary Achkhanian, Staff Reporter People who don’t get enough shut-eye have the propensity to gorge on unhealthy foods the next day, study finds Dubai: The next time you find yourself overindulging in food, try to recall how many hours of sleep you had the night before. Whether it’s gadget addiction that’s reducing your sleep quota or a clinical condition like insomnia, sleep deprivation leads to increased consumption of sweet or salty high-fat foods, says a UK study. Led by King’s College London, the study found that sleep-deprived people consumed an average …
Snoring may be benign, or it may be a sign of a serious problem
By Consumer Reports | March 6, 2017 | WashingtonPost.com Do you snore, or share a bed with a snorer? About 37 million Americans regularly make grunting, whistling, choking, snorting and/or buzz-saw-like sounds, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Snoring, which occurs when the airway narrows or is partly blocked during sleep — often thanks to nasal congestion, floppy tissue, enlarged tonsils or the effects of alcohol — can be more than “a benign annoyance,” says Charlene Gamaldo, medical director of the Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center in Baltimore. Not only can your snoring ruin your partner’s shut-eye, it is also …
CPAP May Improve PTSD in Veterans With Sleep Apnea
February 24, 2017 | Laura Stiles, Assistant Editor | PsychiatryAdvisor.com Researchers have found that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms improved in veterans with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who were treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). Ali A. El-Solh, MD, MPH, from the VA Western New York Healthcare System in Buffalo, New York and the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo, and colleagues conducted a prospective cohort study that included 47 veterans with PTSD and OSA. The following tests were administered at baseline and at 3 months after CPAP therapy: the Epworth Sleepiness Scale …
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