Hotels Focusing on Providing a Good Night’s Sleep
While most hotels focus on having more amenities than the next one, this hotel is putting a significant amount of energy into ensuring that their patrons sleep well. According to the National Sleep Foundation, 40 million people suffer from a chronic sleep disorder. Furthermore, 62% of adults in America have a sleep-related problem at least […]
4 Tips to Help Your Baby Sleep Better
Sometimes as a new parent, it can be a struggle to get your baby sleeping well consistently. Today, we have compiled a short list of tips to implement if you’re having a bit of difficulty getting your little one to sleep. The author of Sleep Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler and Preschooler, Ann Douglas, weighed […]
Talking Sleep at the Furniture/Today Bedding Conference
Mattress Mack had the pleasure of attending the Furniture/Today Bedding Conference, in Chandler, Arizona. He heard a plethora of great information about bedding, sleep, and sleep disorders! One of the speakers was Dr. Lisa Shives, who is a sleep expert and has been practicing in the field for over ten years. This afternoon, we’re bringing […]
Alzheimer’s and Sleep; why the Correlation is Important
“More than 5 million Americans are living with the [Alzheimer’s] disease,” according to the Alzheimer’s Association website. A new study has shown that disruption of sleep can be a precursor to other more readily identifiable Alzheimer’s symptoms, such as memory loss, confusion, and a decreased cognitive ability. The study’s participants included 145 people from the […]
Study: Sleep Helps Musicians Perform Better
A study in the journal Psychology of Music found that musicians who get sleep after learning a new song are more likely to remember the new tune and be able to successfully perform it. But, researchers also discovered that if the musicians learned two songs consecutively, then slept, their ability to play either one was […]
The Top 10 Most Sleep-Depriving Jobs
Have you ever caught yourself nodding off at work? You are not alone. Nationwide, Americans go to their place of employment sleepy and drowsy. Sleep related problems are a common factor in workplace injuries and automobile accidents, but does your job result in more lost sleep than others? The Center for Disease Control published findings […]
Study: Sleep and Blood Vessel Performance Related
A new study from the University of Birmingham, in the United Kingdom, found that by losing sleep for two nights in a row diminished the functionality of blood vessels (Blood vessel function alludes to the blood vessels’ handling of higher blood flow). In addition, scientists noticed that sleep loss led to a decreased ability to […]
More Sleep Means Healthier Teenagers
A new study from the University of Pennsylvania has shown that there is a correlation in teens between being heavier, and getting less sleep. Recent studies have shown a link between craving fattening food while tired. Another one proved that sleep deprivation influences the behavior of over 700 genes. In this study, the researchers tracked […]
Sleep Disorders Shown to Lead to the Onset of Depression
Results from a study conducted on 10,000 Australian women have led researchers to believe that sleep disorders are a major factor in the onset of depression in women between the ages of 21 and 25. After years of tossing and turning during the night, an ever increasing sleep debt builds and manifests itself in mood […]
Have You Experienced Any of these Bizarre things in Your Sleep?
Sleep disorders are on the rise in the United States, with more that 40 million Americans living with chronic, “long-term sleep disorders,” according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. It is no surprise, then, that many—some disturbing—actions and experiences while asleep are cropping up as well. Are you familiar with any of the things on […]
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