Last year the New York Times ran a story that outlined research working to connect the aging of our eyes our circadian clocks and therefore our overall health. The piece shot to the top of the most story read list, and brings up some interesting connections. The circadian clock is our internal biological clock, and helps […]
Sleep is essential, and due to technology and a stress filled world, roughly one third or 41 million people in the United States get six hours or less of sleep per night. An article in the New York Times suggests that perhaps not everyone is built for eight-hours of sleeping every night. The doctors who […]
A study of British adults found that 68% of tablet owners use the gadget in the bedroom, more than in any other room. While the iPad is convenient for searching the internet and reading, it is not a good idea to bring devices into the bedroom. For most people; darkness is an important essential if […]
At the 2012 Comsumer Electronics Show, Novasom unveiled an obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) test kit that has been cleared by the FDA and uses the Verizon Wireless network to collect sleep data wirelessly. NovaSom describes the test as: “The AccuSom, NovaSom’s second-generation home sleep test, is a smartphone-sized portable Type III cardio-respiratory monitor. Its multichannel […]
Drinking alcohol can affect your sleeping patterns. In a new review of studies, alcohol was determined to be not useful for improving your sleep. The studies show that alcohol can increase the amount of deep sleep or “slow-wave sleep” which an essential for repairing the body and immune system, but can also promote snoring and […]
More often than not, when someone complains about not being able to sleep to a doctor, a sleeping pill is prescribed. During medical school, various subjects such as anatomy, pathology molecular biology, and pharmacology are limiting time spent on sleep education. A study in the Sleep Medicine sleep journal showed that medical students on average […]
Any parent of a teen knows that they can be moody and unpredictable seemingly all the time, but research shows that a little more sleep can help regulate this and more. The research was conducted at a school where they pushed back the start time from 8:00 to 8:30 am, but did not end later […]
Are you battling insomnia? According to Medical News Today, researchers from the University of Rochester, University of Pennsylvania and the VA Center of Canandaigua found that their study participants with insomnia saw improvements in their condition after consuming tart cherry juice regularly. After drinking 8 ounces of cherry juice for 2 weeks in the mornings and […]
A researcher working at Northwestern University found that disruption of two genes related to circadian function could impair the pancreas’ ability to produce insulin and lead to diabetes. In an animal study with mice that had defective copies of the genes, the pancreatic cells in the mice developed abnormalities and could not continue to produce […]
This information will come as no surprise to any new parents out there, but a survey showed that on average, new parents lose six months’ sleep during the first two years of their new child’s life. The survey found that over 60% of parents with babies under 24 months got less than 3 hours and […]
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