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 […]
A survey conducted with over 1,300 members of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that an overwhelming number of child psychiatrists prescribe sleeping medication for their patients with insomnia. Insomnia is common in children suffering from various psychiatric disorders, and 96% of those surveyed said that they regularly prescribe or recommend sleeping […]
If you have trouble sleeping, chances are that you have a physical problem causing the trouble. Here are a few sleep problems and some solutions to them. For waking up in the middle of the night it is suggested that you keep your room dark, try not turn on the tv or computer, also don’t […]
While it may seem obvious, shorter nighttime in spring have proven to lead to less sleep and more sleep disruptions in teens. A study from the Rensselaer Polytechni Institute’s Lightning Research Center found that the increased light exposure delayed the production of melatonin in the teens. The slower production of melatonin makes it harder for […]
Today a new shipment of solid wood furniture came into Gallery Furniture from American craftsmen and craftswomen in the heartland of America. Solid wood tables, chairs, sideboards, buffets, and more were greeted by “ooh”s and “ahh”s as the staff of Gallery Furniture inspected this new solid wood furniture.Also, bedroom furniture arrived that is solid wood, […]
A new study published in the Journal SLEEP shows that getting less than 6 hours of sleep can lower the potency of vaccines. There is more work to be done to examine the sleep patterns, but based on the findings of study researcher Aric Prather, Ph.D., lack of sleep may significantly affect the potency of […]
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