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 …
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 …
How to binge-watch Netflix without ruining your sleep
Have your screen time and sleep time too. By David Nield | June 8, 2017 | PopSci.com If you subscribe to Netflix, Amazon Prime, or any other streaming service, you’ve probably been there: Gazing at the screen as episode after episode autoplays, until you check the clock and realize just how late it is. After all, series like Stranger Things are seriously good television—so where’s the harm? The problem is that a growing body of evidence suggests the various demands of a modern-day lifestyle, including late-night video binging, are seriously disrupting human sleep patterns—which can damage our overall health. But …
Eating Less Salt Could Mean Fewer Sleep Interruptions
May 5, 2017 | Written By: Linda Jensen | MedicalNewsBulletin.com A Japanese study suggests that lowering salt intake can reduce the need to get up at night to urinate, resulting in better sleep. Waking up at night to urinate is not uncommon; in fact, doing so once per night is considered normal. However, a chronic need to get up multiple times per night to urinate – known as nocturia – can seriously interfere with sleep quality. If the condition persists over time, it can affect health and quality of life. While there are a number of factors that may contribute …
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 …
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 …
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