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How Does Lack Of Sleep Affect The Body?
This article explains the how sleep keeps your mind and body healthy as well as how too little sleep can be a serious health risk. A list at the end of the article explains what happens to your body if you get only four, five, or six hours of sleep. The article also covers research designed to create a pill to eliminate the need for sleep.
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Exercising For Better Sleep: How Stress Affects Your Sleep
Your body is the crème dela crème of pharmacies. Forget Ambien or any sleep medication drugs you have seen advertised, if you want to... Read more »
Lack of Sleep Can Lead to Weight Gain
A lack of sleep is a common problem. We are so busy, it is frequently hard to make going to bed at a reasonable time a priority. However,... Read more »
How Sleep Deprivation Affects Your Health
Today let's focus on other health effects of sleep deprivation on the body. It should be noted that much of the research in this area is... Read more »
Lack of Sleep Makes You Tired
Recently, the news media has picked up on a study in Current Biology that, supposedly, explains why people get testy after a sleepless... Read more »
Lack of Sleep Can Lead to Suicide
Contemplating suicide just because you can't sleep may seem a bit drastic, and this would be true if the insomnia only lasted for a night... Read more »
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Lack of Sleep Ups Diabetes Risk
A lack of sleep can affect more than your workday; It may also contribute to high blood sugar levels and an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes.... Read more »
Lack of sleep linked to Type 2 diabetes
Americans who get little shuteye during the work week may be putting themselves in danger of Type 2 diabetes, a new study has found. Researchers say... Read more »
Can you sleep your way to thin?
A study of nurses has found that those who sleep the most are thinner than those who get less shut-eye. Researchers say that lack of sleep affects... Read more »
Circadian Rhythms and Sleep
Simply put, our bodies have an internal clock called the “circadian.” It comes from the Latin word meaning “about 24 hours.” Our internal... Read more »
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