No one really knows what sleep means in the grand scale of things. What role could smell have in the sleeping process?
Did you ever wonder why we sleep? What did God have in mind when he created us to live for 24 hours each day sleeping away 8 or 9 of them?
There are as many [...]
Junk sleep is the latest phrase coined from yet another sleep test showing the potential long term health risks, especially to teenagers, who aren’t getting a good, quiet night’s sleep.
In today’s world, there is no shortage of electronic gadgetry to keep you entertained, informed and organized.
The problem is that many times these gadgets are left [...]
The latest threat to North America isn’t the killer bee scare, it’s not even the bird flu, it’s an epidemic of bed bugs that has us lying awake at night wondering if we’ve been infested.
According to different definitions found around the web, bed bugs are nocturnal insects that feed on the blood of humans and [...]
Believe it or not, it’s not sex, it’s sleep.
For about 70% of the U.S. female population, there is a sleep disorder that might include some sort of insomnia.
Women are prone to waking up for many reasons that don’t seem to plague men as often. Only about 52% of the U.S. male population is bothered [...]
If you’re taking a natural sleep aid or thinking of taking one, be sure to check the ingredients on the label.
In Canada, recently, Health Canada issued an advisory warning to consumers that a product called Sleepees contained a prescription drug with an active ingredient known as estazolam.
Not only is this drug not “natural”, it is [...]
Many times people have trouble sleeping because they can’t get things off their mind.
You might have a project going that you keep thinking about the details of and that keeps your mind active and also affects your ability to fall asleep or maybe it wakes you up in the middle of the night.
If you awaken [...]
A study of 14,000 British women showed that there was a correlation between pre-natal stress or anxiety and infants sleep disorders.
One theory is that stress and anxiety can cause an elevation in stress hormones which, in turn, can have an effect on brain cell development of the infant in the womb. This is attributed [...]
Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that causes people to fall asleep during the day or any other time. It only affects about one person in two thousand so it isn’t as prevalent as sleep apnea or snoring. Symptoms include excessive daytime sleepiness and episodes of falling asleep suddenly for a few seconds up to 30 [...]
Children suffering from any kind of sleep disorder may be a risk of being prescribed an unapproved drug or drugs according to a study reported in the journal sleep.
Eighteen million doctors visits from 1993 through 2004 involving kids 17 years old or under, with sleep problems, showed that doctors commonly prescribe drugs that aren’t approved [...]
High sensitivity c-reactive protein is a measurement of chronic inflammation of the veins.
Since it has been found that kids who have obstructive sleep apnea also have high levels of high sensitivity c-reactive protein, we know that they are at risk for any or all of the diseases brought on or agitated by inflammation.
Heart attacks are [...]
