Nov 17, 2014 | Sleep and health, Sleep and weight Loss
Research has established that getting the sleep you need each night can help you lose weight, but is the reverse also true? According to a new study, the answer might be yes. The study found that losing 5% of their body weight improved both the quality and quantity of...
Nov 13, 2014 | Sleep and health, Sleep Articles, Sleep tips
When it comes to sleep, you need to get in the ‘goldilocks’ zone. Getting too little sleep can affect your health in the short term and cause problems with everything from remembering to driving. But getting too much sleep isn’t good for you either. Over time,...
Oct 13, 2014 | Sleep and health, Sleep Articles, Sleep tips
It’s time to face facts … we are a nation of sleepy people. Many of us just aren’t getting the 7-8 hours of sleep each night that experts recommend for good health. The reasons we are so sleepy vary from diagnosed sleep disorders to bad sleep habits to stress to...
Oct 6, 2014 | Sleep and health, Sleep Devices
If you have sleep apnea and your doctor has recommended the use of a CPAP or continuous positive air pressure machine while you sleep, you should be following his recommendation. But if you have sleep apnea and high blood pressure, new research indicates that using...
Sep 29, 2014 | Sleep and health
If you have spent any time on Facebook in recent weeks it is likely you have heard about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge but odds are that unless you have had a family member or friend with ALS, you know very little about the disease. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),...
Jul 13, 2014 | Sleep and health, Sleep Articles
The evidence is piling up….sleep is critical to health and chronic sleep deprivation leads to real problems. But as the body of research about sleep grows it has helped to expand our understanding of sleep deprivation, both chronic (long-term) and acute (short-term),...
