Nov 13, 2012 | Cancer, Sleep and health, Sleep and women
If you are a woman and you work overnight shifts the news is not good. Two new studies into the effects of shift work on health outcomes have reinforced the negative consequences of following this type of schedule. The first study further established the link...
Oct 25, 2012 | Sleep and health, Sleep and women, Sleep Articles
No one wants to end up in a nursing home and yet around 20% of us will live out that last part of our lives in a long-term care facility. Researchers have previously established that for the elderly population, there is a link between how well they sleep and their...
Oct 3, 2012 | Sleep and health, Sleep and women, Sleep tips
Sleep research has established links between sleep and our metabolism, sleep and our immune system, and even sleep and our brain’s ability to function. But can sleep or the lack of it actually affect how attractive we are? That was the question a team of researchers...
Mar 1, 2012 | Kids and sleep, Sleep and health, Sleep and women, Sleep Articles
The picture of parenthood wouldn’t be complete without a reference to the bleary-eyed, sleep-deprived time spent taking care of brand new bundles of joy. It is often the first in a long line of parenting milestones that give parents everywhere a common bond. If you...
Feb 6, 2012 | Sleep and women, Sleep Articles, Sleep tips
In a recent segment on ABC News, Diane Sawyer spoke about the insomnia epidemic affecting American women. Today’s women are struggling to juggle the multiple demands on their time from jobs to families to finances and it is keeping them up at night. Lack of sleep...
Dec 7, 2011 | Sleep and women, Sleep Articles
In almost every Sleep in America poll completed in the last decade by the National Sleep Foundation, the findings have shown that women have more trouble sleeping than men. Women are more likely to be a patient at a sleep clinic, more likely to use sleep aids to fall...
