If you're having a hard time losing weight, the amount of sleep you're getting may be the problem. Just as your diet and exercising, sleeping is an essential aspect of weight loss. According to researchers, there's a positive correlation between healthy body weight and good...
Sleep apnea is a common disorder, and it's one that can lead to a host of side effects and secondary health conditions. These range from fatigue and moodiness to an increased risk of diabetes and heart disease. Treating sleep apnea can sometimes be difficult, but...
Getting enough of the right type of sleep is vital to maintaining your overall health and wellbeing. When you sleep, your body works to support your physical health and brain function. When you don’t, you’re bound to feel tired, grumpy, and might have difficulty concentrating...
In 1973, in a small town in Northern Italy, a woman by the name of Elisabetta died from a mysterious disease. The town physician, after digging deeper into the cause of her death, discovered that she had developed acute insomnia. This had caused her to...
Getting enough quality sleep is essential, but it's not often possible to gauge the quality of sleep you are getting. Since sleep apnea has the potential to affect your overall health and quality it may be vital to have a sleep study. Sleep apnea is a...
Like most people, your mobile phone probably rests right next to you every night when you go to sleep. This way, you’re able to answer texts, emails, and calls at a moment’s notice, even during the wee hours of the morning. However, these habits can adversely...
Are you struggling with disrupted or poor quality sleep? Are you unable to identify the reason for your troubled sleep? You may benefit from a sleep study. Sleep studies are tests that record and measure activities in your body during sleep. They are used to...
Social media is a powerful agent for making relationships and cultivating connections, but when it comes to sleep, the side effects are reason for concern. As studies have shown, high levels of social media use is linked with sleep issues, such as difficulty falling asleep, poor...
Sleep – it’s something that we all need, but few of us get it consistently. In our fast-paced world, it can seem increasingly difficult to get regular sleep, let alone actually getting to a point of feeling well rested. Often, we cut back on sleep...
Snoring sounds like such a minor thing, but it can have a tremendous impact on relationships. Broken sleep leads to all kinds of problems, from fatigue and irritability to poor decision-making and poor performance at work the next day. When you are kept awake by...