What Does a Good Night’s Sleep Look Like?
MARCH 17, 2017 – 5:00 AM | by Lisa Mulcahy| Parade.com Remember the last time you caught some quality z’s? Good sleep helps us stay healthy, but many people struggle to sleep well. Earlier this year, an expert panel reported some features of quality sleep in the journal Sleep Health: Falling asleep in 30 minutes or less Being awake for 20 minutes or less after initially falling asleep (In other words, a short jaunt to the bathroom won’t disrupt your sleep unless you can’t get back to sleep afterward.) Sleeping at least 85 percent of the total time you’re in …
Sleep: You’re Doing It Wrong
MARCH 17, 2017 – 5:00 AM | by Paula Spencer Scott | Parade.com Your body wants to sleep. It really does. To work, every system in your body needs z’s. Sounds simple, but sometimes our expectations and habits get in the way of the very thing we need most, says Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, director of the Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorders Center. We have trouble falling asleep, staying asleep or getting refreshing sleep, she says. In short, we’re doing it wrong—and we could be taking years off our lives. The good news: “Sleep is a skill. It’s not like eye color, which you …
Lost Sleep Is Costing Japan’s Economy Billions
Japan loses up to $138 billion a year, study finds by Keiko Ujikane | February 15, 2017, 3:00 PM CST| From Benchmark | Bloomberg.com A man takes a nap in Tokyo. Photographer: Junji Kurokawa/AP Photo Sleep deprivation is doing more harm in Japan than just making people grumpy and unhealthy. It is also holding back the world’s third-largest economy. The problem has been getting worse in recent years. Nearly half of full-time workers say they don’t get enough sleep, citing long overtime hours as a primary reason, according to a government white paper on “karoshi”– death from overwork. That is …
5 common sleep disorders and how they affect you
Amanda Tomlinson | March 15, 2017 | TheNational.ae To achieve good overall health, there are many pieces of the health puzzle that need to fit into place – adequate nutrition, regular physical activity, mental wellbeing, etc. But a key ingredient that many people overlook is sleep. It’s clear when we haven’t had enough sleep because we’re tired, grumpy and lack energy and, over time, our health begins to suffer. Sometimes there are obvious reasons why we aren’t getting enough sleep, such as work stress or having a new baby, but sometimes there are underlying causes, such as sleep apnea, which …
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