Sleep has been a booming topic in the last few years as an essential way to keep healthy, and for good reason. Sleep deprivation increases serious health risks, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and early death. If that doesn’t grab your attention, it is estimated that sleep deprivation costs American corporations $63.2 billion a […]
The increased heart risks that are associated with having obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have been well established by numerous studies. However, a new study set out to find exactly what is it about OSA that makes it predictor of cardiovascular events. OSA is a chronic sleep disorder that is characterized by paused breathing during sleep, […]
According to a study from German researchers, one reason to quit smoking may be that smokers have more trouble sleeping than non-smokers. Reuters first reported on the findings published in the journal Addiction Biology, which suggest that smokers are more likely to not get enough sleep each night and have more disturbed sleep, compared to […]
It is no secret that teens simply love their technology and seem to love late nights, but it does have a possible dark side. A new study has identified a profile of lifestyle factors that may be raising psychiatric risks for teens. According to researchers at the Karolinska Institutet, teens that have all 3 of […]
According to a new study, the new safety regulations for truck drivers are proving to be effective in preventing fatigue and drowsy driving. Drivers are required increase their break time for sleep in between shifts. Regulation states that one duty or “cycle” is considered driving 60-70 hours in the last 7-8 days, afterwards truck drivers […]
According to two new studies, the amount of sleep you get every night may have a significant effect on your risk for depression. Sleeping too little, and too much, was linked to depression in adults, while sleeping too little was linked to depression in adolescents. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, University of […]
For some people conversation doesn’t simply cease during their bedtime. Sleep talking, or somniloquy, is a sleep disorder in which an unconscious person talks while they sleep. Interestingly, it ranges in severity with some sleepers communicating when talked to, while others communicate without being triggered; it can be gibberish, rants that don’t make sense or […]
Vanda Pharmaceuticals intends on bringing better sleep to thousands of people across the United States. Their new drug, Hetlioz was just very recently approved by U.S health regulators. Hetlioz will be used to regulate the natural internal body clocks, or circadian rhythms, of patients who are blind, helping the sleep better with a normal sleep […]
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