Hurricane Harvey did not just destroy homes, it also has destroyed healthy sleep schedules! Extreme stress and sleep deprivation can have a negative impact on your body and health. It is important to do everything you can to sleep your very best each night. Possessions and things can be replaced – people cannot. In true […]
You know how important heart health is, and you’re doing everything you can to keep your heart healthy. From limiting alcoholic beverages to hitting the gym and turning down cigarettes, you’ll do what it takes. But did you know that sleep quality can also affect your heart health? A recent study shows that obstructive sleep […]
Do you find yourself more anxious and flustered more than usual after a bad night of sleep? According to researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, sleep deprivation can activate certain brain regions that affect our emotional processing, increasing feelings of anxiety. Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, the study included 18 young healthy adults […]
There is a another reason to consistently get 7-9 hours of high-quality sleep every night. According to EurekAlert, researchers from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) found evidence that when older adults decrease their sleep, their brains age more rapidly. Published in the journal SLEEP, the data of 66 older Chinese adults who also participated in the […]
Skipping out on sleep doesn’t just affect your physical attractiveness, but also how approachable people find you. According to research from the Medical Institute Karolinska in Stockholm, Sweden, getting less than 4 hours of sleep a night or none at all—doesn’t make a difference, you will appear to others equally exhausted. Although it is not a […]
How many times did you experience chronic sleep loss this year? Whether it’s due to insomnia, health conditions, personal reasons or a hectic career, going without the proper amount of does hurt you. Check out the side effects of sleep loss that Cosmopolitan Magazine wants you to know about: 1. Defective creativity: Studies show that […]
You can be sure that sleep is critical to both preventing and healing your body from illness. According to EurekAlert!, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania conducted two studies in fruit flies, which were published in the journal SLEEP. The first study was able to show that an increased amount of […]
How do you feel after a great night of sleep? According to The Huffington Post, research suggests that not only does sleep play a role in how you feel, but how well you perform academically. Researchers in Belgium from KU Leuven and Ghent universities, teamed up to interview 621 college freshmen about their sleep habits around […]
Shift work has already been named by numerous studies to be detrimental to our health, including increased risk of obesity and heart disease. And now, Time Magazine tells us research is suggesting that brain health may be on the decline thanks to working hourly shifts. Published in Occupational & Environment Medicine, more than 3,000 people […]
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