Let’s continue on the topic of napping.
We left off discussing some of the negative aspects of napping. We were reviewing the concept of sleep inertia and how if a nap is too long, a person might have a reduction in performance and worsened mood soon after waking. Obviously this usually is counterproductive to the reasons why we take a nap in the first place, so it is best to limit naps to less than 30 minutes. Sleeping longer than this can cause a person to wake up in the deeper...
Here's the catch-22. You are told by health professionals, sleep experts, magazine and news articles, headlines in the news - that... Read more »
Today we're going to talk some more about nightmares, particularly Night Terrors and REM Behavior Disorder. Nightmares are common in... Read more »
In my last blog we were reviewing the fundamental question of why we sleep. We left off trying to sort out the level of activity of the... Read more »
In my last blog we discussed at length the different stages of sleep, namely non-REM and REM, the biological need for sleep to stay alive,... Read more »
Let’s continue on our topic of naps in healthy adults- the good, the bad, and the otherwise. Some more good news about napping. As... Read more »
A recent study has found that people with narcolepsy do not experience a short phase of muscle paralysis that is part of a normal sleep pattern.... Read more »
A new study suggests there may be a specific sleep disorder intrinsic to patients who have ADHD. Researchers found that kids with the ADHD slept an... Read more »
Researchers say that a lack of rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep appears to trigger proteins that are linked to migraines. The proteins--PKA and... Read more »
Headache sufferers often treat their pain by taking naps to sleep it off, but they run the risk of developing insomnia by disrupting their normal... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
GenderObstructive sleep apnea is more common in men than in women. Men tend to have larger necks and weigh more than women. However, women tend to... Read more »
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