Insomnia is can be a pain itself. Not getting enough sleep makes you irritable and often the things you hate seem worse. It is what exactly sleep researches found, when they tested sleep loss with the ability to feel pain. The studies were first done on mice. They were sleep deprived and then tested how their tails reacted to ...
You spend several hours everyday on your mattress. Yet the relationship with our mattress is something we often take for granted. While you're ignoring your mattress, it too may not give you adequate support for a healthier sleep. Here are 4 signs that tell you it's time to part with your old mattress and replace it with a new ...
Snoring is a sign of poor sleep, reason for daytime sleepiness and eventually cause relationship problems. Not only does it make you the laughing-stock at family gatherings, snoring can reduce the quality of life in many circles. Not everyone snores for the same reasons. But almost all of them are related to narrowing your airway. Here are 11 habits ...
Worrying is the number one enemy of your sleep. Many people spend sleepless nights trying to solve their problems. Some people have an inborn tendency to become tense and 'uptight'. One easy solution that can help you overcome anxiety is Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) Who first used Progressive Muscle Relaxation? If you thoght PMR is a result of cutting ...
Waking up to an alarm can be a real pain. It is even more painful to forget to set up the alarm and wake up late to miss something important. Is there an alternative to alarm clocks? Can our biological clocks be used to wake up early morning? The following steps will help you wake up naturally without an ...
Sleep plays a vital role in forming memories. A series of interesting research studies have confirmed the beneficial effects of sleep on our memory. Sleep helps to fix memories A group of researches at the University of Geneva have proven what we all knew by instinct - sleep helps to remember things better. They compared the memory tasks of ...
The urge to move your legs at rest can affect your sleep. Restless legs syndrome is an irritable sleep disorder robing your sleep by waking you up in the middle of the night. Here are 13 important facts about restless legs syndrome (RLS). Symptoms are not limited to your legs. Arms or any other part of the body can ...
If you are a 'night owl' then waking up early may not be your cup of tea. Here's a quick (but easier-said-than-done) guide to transform yourself into a morning person. Go to bed early It's not rocket science. Even a morning person needs to get an adequate amount of sleep (this may vary individually). So plan the night before, ...
If you are diagnosed with sleep apnea, one of the treatment options is Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) therapy. It is reserved for people with moderate to severe sleep apnea that responds poorly to lifestyle changes and weight reduction. Finding the right PAP machine can be a daunting task. Unlike any other piece of equipment we use, PAP machines are ...
Lack of sleep is bad for us in many ways. But sometimes we don't get enough sleep for long periods, we begin to consider suboptimal levels of functioning as 'normal'. Here are some of the ill effects of sleep deprivation. Excessive daytime sleepiness One of the most obvious effects of sleep deprivation is excessive daytime sleepiness. Your urge to ...
Ancient Aborigines never would have expected the didgeridoo to be used in sleep medicine. But research links didgeridoo playing to a significant reduction in snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea. Didgeridoo is a wooden musical instrument dating back over a 1000 years. The Australian Aborigines used the didgeridoo mainly for ceremonial dancing and singing, but today it is widely used ...
Sleep research is churning out interesting findings all the time. While it is now regarded that 7 to 8 hours of sleep is enough for most of us, the same may not be true for sportsmen and women. This interesting discovery was made from a research conducted by the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Laboratory last year. The ...
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common and potentially serious sleep disorder. It is often unrecognised until the symptoms become very severe to affect your daily activities. Obstructive sleep apnoea results from narrowing or blocking of our airways carrying oxygen to the lungs. This causes a brief cessation of breathing and wakes up from our sleep and disrupts the ...
Most of us need to sleep at least for 6 hours every day. We can barely tolerate one night without sleeping. But how much sleep deprivation can the human body endure? The world record for the longest period of staying awake is held by Randy Gardner, a 17 year old who endured the prolonged sleep deprivation for a science ...
You may already have heard of power naps countless times. The benefits of power naps, or daytime short naps, has been proven by science. Power naps tips are on the internet, on TV, radio talk shows and on newspapers. But why aren't everybody embracing power naps? Not long ago, I too was a non-believer of daytime naps. I always ...
The health risks of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) goes beyond the agony of snoring. Many studies have confirmed the ill effects of not getting enough sleep. Here's a list of conditions that can result or get worsened with untreated OSA. High blood pressure Stroke Heart Failure Heart Attacks Type 2 diabetes Depression Obesity Gastro-Oesophageal reflux disease Memory loss Worsening ...
I once had a pet cat who wakes me up in the morning. It's amazing how quickly they adapt to assume the role of an alarm clock. Having your pet dog or cat wake you up isn't rare. But such behaviour isn't always welcomed by pet owners. While you can turn off your alarm on weekends to catch an ...
Meditation results in a deeper relaxation of our minds. Benefits of meditation are so widespread and well known. So is it possible to eliminate the need of sleep with meditation? Is meditation superior to sleep? The short answer is NO. And we will see why. There are many experiments designed to test the effects of meditation. Bruce O'Hara, from ...
We all look forward to our weekends. We embrace them. We like to think they can give us all the time we need, to finish what we missed during weekdays. If you alter your sleep habits, then you are not alone. But it is a mistake that may have passed unnoticed. Here are few sleep mistakes that we make ...
Problems at work, death of a loved one, exam stress or an illness can all give us sleepless nights. Most of us had it at some point in our lives, so is this normal? What you experience during times of stress and distress is called adjustment insomnia. Adjustment insomnia is a milder form of insomnia or lack of sleep ...
