Oct 14, 2010 | Sleep and health, Sleep and pregnancy, Sleep Articles
In a study examining the connection between insufficient sleep and blood pressure among pregnant women found that getting too little or too much sleep in early pregnancy is associated with elevated blood pressure in the third trimester. The study suggests that...
Oct 12, 2010 | Sleep and health, Sleep Articles, Sleep tips
Is age really just a number? Well, not if you’re talking sleep it’s not. A person’s age can greatly influence how they sleep at night. To “sleep like an adult” doesn’t exactly provide the same ring as “sleeping like a baby.” But why? Over the course of a person’s...
Oct 8, 2010 | Cancer, Sleep and health, Sleep Articles
Our modern never-take-a-break world certainly allows us to get more done during the course of a day but at what price? So many times we find it hard to get to sleep once our work day is over and that lack of sleep can have unhealthy effects on our overall health. It’s...
Oct 5, 2010 | Sleep and health, Sleep Articles, Valley Articles
Having sad days is normal but having persistent feelings of hopelessness, sadness, anxiety or disinterest in usual activities could be a symptom of depression, an illness that affects close to 20 million Americans. Depression is not something that will go away or that...
Sep 28, 2010 | Sleep and health, Sleep Articles
According to the National Institutes of Health, 50 to 70 million Americans are affected by chronic sleep disorders and intermittent sleep problems that can significantly diminish health, alertness and safety. Untreated sleep disorders have been linked to hypertension,...
Sep 27, 2010 | Sleep and health, Sleep Articles, Sleep tips
Do you wake up, look in the mirror, and are reminded by the “bags” under your eyes that you’ve hardly slept a wink? What’s worse, now you feel that cold coming on too! What if you could find cure-all that could prevent weight gain, prevent cancer, enhance athletic...