How Hoarding Affects Your Sleep
Walking up to your front door should be a relief after a long day at the office or school. Traveling for the holidays should be a time filled with family memories versus hard conversations. An area of debate can start because of the severity of hoarding at a loved one’s home. Adding insult to injury, […]
Surviving the January SLUMP
The Thanksgiving leftovers are gone, Santa is back at the North Pole, but the weather is still frightful. Though the Christmas lights may stay up a few more weeks until a break between snowfalls and frigid temperatures, the mood changes after the holidays. The dreary grey skies lead to darker days, but that doesn’t mean […]
America’s Truck Drivers and Sleepy Driving
A new study has reported that sleep apnea in truck drivers can be particularly dangerous. According to a press release by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, truck drivers who fail to get treatment for obstructive sleep apnea “are a public safety threat on U.S. roadways.” Weighing 20-30 times as much as passenger cars and needing 20-40 percent more road […]
Can’t sleep? Your electronics could be to blame
Do you have an established bedtime routine? If you are like most people, your routine probably includes putting on your pajamas, brushing your teeth, and climbing into bed to fluff your pillows just the right way. You probably also pull out your electronic device to help you unwind a little before heading off to sleep. […]
How To Monitor And Improve Your Sleep Patterns Using Smart Device
Sleep, just like regular exercise and a healthy diet, is important to the overall health of an individual. One needs to get quality sleep regularly to improve memory and attention span, as well as maintain a healthy weight. Getting the quality sleep that the body needs also reduces stress and allows you to live a […]
Feeling Sleepy After Eating Turkey
Turkey and feeling sleepy go together like mash potatoes and stuffing on Thanksgiving. It’s hard to have one without the other. However, contrary to popular belief, eating turkey isn’t necessarily what makes you tired. L-Tryptophan Tryptophan commonly gets the blame for your post turkey feast hangover. Tryptophan is an essential amino acid that our bodies […]
10 Smart Bedroom Devices to Promote Better Sleep
The effects of poor sleep can ripple through our lives like proverbial butterfly wings. Probably all of us have experienced the negative impacts of sleep deficiency on our mood and performance, but it doesn’t stop there. In the long run, without enough rest, our overall health begins to suffer, too. If this is a recurring issue […]
Healthy Eating Leads to More Sleep
“Eating healthy and allowing the body to absorb proper nutrients provides the brain with the chemical environment that it needs to produce the neurotransmitters that it needs to maintain adequate sleep,” said Ana Krieger, MD, MPH, Medical Director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at New York-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine. Nearly half of Americans spend […]
Feeling Sleepy After Eating Turkey
Turkey and feeling sleepy go together like mash potatoes and stuffing on Thanksgiving. It’s hard to have one without the other. However, contrary to popular belief, eating turkey isn’t necessarily what makes you tired. L-Tryptophan Tryptophan commonly gets the blame for your post turkey feast hangover. Tryptophan is an essential amino acid that our bodies […]
Vaping: New US Epidemic and Its Connection to Sleep
It’s no secret that smoking can seriously affect your health, but the consequences can be worse when sleep apnea is also present. If you smoke and have sleep apnea or know someone who does, you probably wondered how smoking affects sleep apnea and overall sleep. Smoking interferes with your body’s natural sleep cycle and has a long lasting […]
