Despite many past experiments that tried to prove that chronic sleep loss was safe, sleep deprivation can pose serious risks to your life. American record holder Randy Gardner, intentionally went without sleep for 264.5 hours, or 11 days and 24 minutes, in which he suffered hallucinations, moodiness, paranoia, and many other psychological effects. Though you […]
Have you ever wondered exactly happens while you sleep? Sleep restores your body every night to prepare for the next day. Here’s a list of how specific regions of your body are affected by sleep: Your eyes: As you get into deep sleep, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep begins. Your eyes move quickly for up […]
When you wake up in the morning do you think about how your night’s rest is going to affect your work day? Research has more than reiterated that sleep is an important tool for our productivity, creativity and innovation. However, according to the CDC, nearly a third of Americans are sleep deprived and sleeping less […]
Sleep apnea is a chronic sleep disorder in which a person stops breathing multiple times during sleep. Its severity may be a predictor of the aggressiveness of malignant skin melanoma, or skin cancer, according to a recent study. A link between sleep apnea and mortality, as well between sleep apnea and the incident rate of […]
For the first time a study has focused on how weight loss affects obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). It is a chronic sleep condition in which a person stops breathing multiples times during the night, leading to disrupted sleep, and daytime sleepiness. OSA has been a top concern for health care systems in recent years as […]
As we age, it is more common for us to experience muscle, bone, and nerve pain. Fibromyalgia, a condition that cause widespread pain affecting multiple body parts, is also more common among people over the age of 50. A new study shows that non-restorative sleep, sleeping the proper amount of hours yet still feeling tired […]
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 […]
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