PTSD Symptoms After a Heart Attack Associated With Sleep Problems
According to recent study, there is a strong link between worsened PTSD symptoms and poor sleep after suffering a heart attack. Poor sleep factors include: bad overall sleep, sleeping pill use, sleep disturbances and short sleep duration. PTSD is often caused by a traumatic event as mostly affects war veteran or people who have survived an attack. It is […]
FDA Suggests Lower Doses of Popular Sleep Medications
The FDA will require drug manufacturers that make sleep medications containing zolpidem reduce the dosage, cutting it in half. Zolpidem is the active ingredient in several of the most prescribed sleep medications available such as Ambien and Edular. The new requirement is being put into place based on researching showing that morning blood levels of […]
Oversleeping Can Increase the Risk of Colorectal Cancer
While we usually hear about the ramifications from sleeping too little, sleeping for too many hours a night can raise the chance of colorectal cancer for the overweight or those who snore. A study at Harvard Medical School has shown that for these people, sleeping for 9 or more hours can lead to a 1.4 […]
Who in The World Is Getting The Most Sleep?
Think your baby sleeps a lot? It turns out babies aren’t the sleepiest creatures living on earth! They have some stiff competition. Check out where they rank. 1. Koalas- They are found only in Australia where they feed on Eucalyptus trees but also sleep for 22 hours a day. 2. Brown Bats- These bats sleep […]
Abdominal Fat in Men Leads to A Greater Risk of Sleep Apnea
A new study has found that visceral fat in men has a strong link to men with the sleep disorder, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Visceral fat is a type of fat that collects in the abdomen and is considered a high risk factor for a number of serious health conditions. Men and women are both […]
Baby Owls Sleep Similarly to Human Babies
Scientists already knew that birds, like humans, experience REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. REM sleep is linked with dreams in humans. As we grow older we spend less time in that stage and now there is a study showing that baby owls sleep a lot like human babies. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of […]
Sleep Deprivation Can Appear like A.D.H.D. in children
Attention deficient hyperactivity disorder (A.D.H.D) is something that many parents are familiar with regarding their children. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of children who have been diagnosed with A.D.H.D. may not be an accurate one. When children experience sleep deprivation, they become wired, moody; they may have trouble focusing, […]
I Don’t Want to Use Sleeping Pills, but Can’t Sleep! What Should I Do?
There are a number of healthy alternatives to potentially addictive sleeping medications that also come with bad health ramifications. Often times, these replacement approaches can help decrease the time it takes you doze off just as well as meds. Listed below are a few examples: • Decrease your overall exposure to light in the hour […]
Moms’ Sleep Position Linked to Stillbirth Likelihood
A new study shows that pregnant women in Ghana were more likely to have stillbirths if they slept on their backs. Compared to low income countries, high income countries (a country where the gross national income per capita is $12,196 or higher) are substantially less likely to have high stillbirth rates. In less developed countries, […]
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