Try these tips for keeping the sandman at bay when you just have to be awake.
Staying up late can be tough on the body, but sometimes it’s unavoidable. Maybe you’re working late, or you might need to stay up for a one-time event like a family trip or a kid’s sleepover or even adjust your sleep schedule to accommodate a new night shift assignment. Either way, there are tricks you can use to successfully become a night owl.
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Continue Reading →A good night’s sleep can seem impossible in our fast-paced lives. Try these tricks to reclaim your slumber.
With increasingly-troublesome side effects of skimping on sleep coming to light more and more often, it seems we’re starting to catch on to how important solid, regular rest is for our health.
But we’re not necessarily doing anything with this new knowledge. According to a recent survey, 25 percent of people get six hours of sleep a night, 22 percent get seven hours and ...
Continue Reading →Lifestyle changes, medications, and therapy can help treat this common sleep problem.
There are a number of ways to treat insomnia. Some treatments require medication, while others don’t.
If you have insomnia, your doctor can help you find a treatment that works best for you and your symptoms.
Some people find that simple changes to their daily routine can help with insomnia.
The following actions may help you sleep better:
Your doctor may recommend a prescription medicine to help you sleep if your ...
Continue Reading →People with delayed sleep phase syndrome have trouble getting up in the morning and going to bed at the right time. The body’s internal clock can be reset, however, with the help of a few sleep strategies.
Who doesn’t know at least one night owl who stays up until 1 or 2 a.m. every night, only to struggle to get out of bed the next morning to make it to school or work on time? To those on the outside, these ...
Continue Reading →Sleep disorders are always a problem, but some can be downright scary. Learn about 10 of the most serious sleep issues and how you and your doctor can put a stop to the symptoms.
We all remember waking up from nightmares as children. But for some people, that fright can manifest itself in real life in the form of a scary sleep disorder.
Some of these sleep disorders are frightening for the risk that they pose to you and your loved ones. ...
Continue Reading →Depression and menopause are just two medical conditions that can rob you of sleep. Discover other culprits that can cause insomnia.
Having problems going to sleep or staying asleep? A health condition could be to blame. Research suggests that sleep disturbances such as insomnia are rooted in certain medical conditions.
“We’re finding that both the quantity and quality of sleep a person gets can be linked to a number of health issues and diseases,” says James Wellman, MD, medical director of the ...
Continue Reading →Those with disorder risk injury, fatigue and other health problems, researchers report.
Adults don’t always outgrow sleepwalking, and among those who don’t, 58 percent may become violent and sometimes injure either themselves or their sleeping partner, a new study shows.
Not only that, these sleepwalkers suffer a host of health problems during their waking hours, the researchers noted.
“Daytime sleepiness is a frequent problem in adults affected with sleepwalking,” said study author Dr. Yves Dauvilliers, director of the sleep lab at Gui-de-Chauliac Hospital ...
Continue Reading →If a complex issue is weighing you down, nabbing some solid Zzzs might help you solve it, new research confirms.
Some adages about sleep and your emotional health — think “don’t go to bed angry” — don’t necessarily ring true, experts say.
But the famous saying “sleep on it” recently got a boost from researchers at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. They tested whether sleep or time spent awake helped people solve problems and found that sleeping works as a problem ...
Continue Reading →Alcohol may help you get to sleep faster and sleep better at first, but it disrupts your sleep later in the night, according to British researchers who reviewed all known scientific studies on alcohol’s impact on sleep.
The authors said they hope their findings will help people understand that drinking alcohol only gives the impression of improving sleep, and that it should not be used as a sleep aid.
The review found that alcohol consumption shortens the time it takes to get ...
Continue Reading →News reports say that William Rockefeller, the driver of the train wreck, may have experienced “highway hypnosis,” but experts say that’s really just a way to say he was sleep-deprived, likely due to his odd work hours
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2013 — On Sunday, a Metro-North train took a turn at 82 miles per hour — nearly three times the 30 MPH speed limit — and derailed, killing four passengers and injuring more than 60 others. As the victims’ families ...
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