We all may have a food-based biological clock (as well as a light-based biological clock), so maybe, just maybe, when you are traveling you might need to adjust your eating schedule to help avoid or reduce jet lag. We already know that there are certain "light exposure rules" you can do, depending whether you are traveling from East to... Read more
and an extensive and expensive sleep test is simply not an option, then a new technology may be of interest.
Research out of two universities in Finland has resulted in a brand new technology that may help to screen for and even diagnose sleep disorders. In fact, a new smart alarm clock for mobile phones harnesses this technology... Read more
The position your baby sleeps in (or moves to) may have a strong correlation to the baby's blood pressure. Babies ages 2-3 months may have a decrease in blood pressure when in the prone position. SIDS is associated with prone sleep position, so researchers are hypothesizing that circulatory failure due to this position may have a... Read more
Well, not really but what a great slogan to adopt in this political campaign. Something we could really grasp and understand, expecially if you look at recent studies. Middle school age kids who have a TV or computer in their bedroom sleep less, watch more TV, play more computer games and surf the net, more than their peers who don't... Read more
You struggle to sleep through the night ....you feel tired all the time...you fall asleep and someone tells you that your snoring is loud with periods of gasping...you may have sleep apnea but there's a hitch. Some people with sleep apnea - have it when they sleep on their back; when they shift to sleeping on their left or right side, the... Read more
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