What is the connection between sleep, pregnancy and blood pressure?

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...

Does age influence sleep?

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...

Can sleep lower your risk of breast cancer?

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...

Are you suffering from depression or a sleep disorder?

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...

What is a sleep study?

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,...

Sleep by the Numbers

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...