Are you tired of constantly snoring? Well here is a device that can possibly help you when all else has failed. It is considered a watch although it doesn’t really serve its main purpose of telling the time. The good side is that it has a sensitive micro-sound detector that wi ...
According to a study from the Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine in the UK, those who suffer from even mild sleep apnea are at risk of suffering a heart attack. The study will be published in the first issue for November of the American Thoracic Society’s American Jour ...
Professor Horne, director of Loughborough University’s Sleep Research Centre is of the rather controversial opinion that sleep-deprivation is a myth. According to his study, how alert a person is in the morning doesn’t depend on his sleep but his genes!
Writing in the Ne ...
According to a survey by NetDoctor, half of the 1,000 men and women they interviewed claimed to suffer from sleep deprivation. Factors like stress, money problems etc were cited by them.
NetDoctor’s independent adviser Dr Roger Henderson said: “Sleep-related problems ...
According to a new study which got released first at the Australasian Sleep Conference, teens are not getting enough sleep due to watching TV, playing video games and listening to music in bed.
Associate Prof Kurt Lushington, of UniSA School of Psychology, says:
“Sleep is ...
A new study shows that women over 70 who manage to get only five hours of sleep are at a higher risk of falling and having an accident. Researchers measured the sleep time of 2,978 women and found out those who slept less than five hours were about 47 percent more likely to have ...
Now here is another reason to get your beauty sleep. According to research, sleep deprivation contributes to weigh gain! Lack of sleep results in increased stress hormone levels and decreased glucose. All these results in weight gain and also leads to late-night munching.
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According to a study conducted by researcher Dr Jennifer Parker of the University the West of England, women are more prone to nightmares. In a study of 170 volunteers, 19% of men reported a nightmare compared with 30% of women.
Said Dr. Parker:
“In terms of processing emo ...
According to Virginia Zamudio-Lange, a speaker last week in Washington at the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators only 47 percent doctors make the connection between sleep apnea and diabetes. Hence in the United States alone 85 percent of sleep ...
According to an article by the UCLA Cousins Center research in the September 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry, even losing sleep for one night can trigger vital cellular pathway that produces tissue-damaging inflammation. So for the sake of your immune system don’t forget t ...
