Having a dry, itchy scalp is an annoying skin condition. Find out why your scalp is itchy so you can take steps to get some relief.
Is itchy ever a good thing? The answer has to be never. And when it comes to your scalp, this kind of irritation is often accompanied by embarrassing flakes. Here, skin and scalp experts explain what could be causing your scalp to itch.
Dandruff is the most common culprit to blame for an ...
Continue Reading →Sleep aids help millions of Americans get a good night’s sleep, but experts agree they’re not a long-term solution.
About 70 million Americans have a sleep disorder or are sleep deprived, something that can affect their quality of life and pose serious health risks. Many of these people turn to medication at some point to help them get a good night’s sleep. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 percent of adults age 20 and older ...
Continue Reading →Between 10 to 30 percent of the population will experience symptoms of insomnia at some point in our lives, but what can we actually do about it?
Signs of insomnia are trouble falling or staying asleep, waking up too early, not getting enough sleep even though you have the time and correct environment for it, and your physical and mental health being affected the next day. Lack of sleep can have consequences for your heart, such as a heart attack or ...
Continue Reading →Your smartphone offers a number of apps all promising to help you get better sleep, but it can’t solve everything.
A number of new smartphone apps promise to help you get a better night’s sleep — but only if you tuck your phone in bed with you. Can this technology actually be helpful? Or will the light from your smartphone just be another distraction and source of disrupted sleep? Find out whether there’s evidence to back up these claims.
Scans show that brain fails to turn off ‘default’ mode, affecting daytime concentration
People with insomnia have trouble concentrating during the day because the “wandering mind” areas of their brains may not be turned off, according to a new study.
Using brain imaging technology, researchers found that people with insomnia who were performing a working memory task did not rely less on the “default mode” regions of their brain that are usually active only when the mind is wandering.
The findings might help ...
Continue Reading →A new strategy to treat central sleep apnea suggests implanting a device that acts like a pacemaker for the brain.
Over one-third of patients recovering from heart failure must then live with central sleep apnea, a frightening disorder where a patient’s brain sometimes fails to send the body the signal to breathe. Implanting a small device similar to a pacemaker, however, seems to work effectively to reset the brain so that it receives a constant reminder to send the “breathe” signal ...
Continue Reading →A glass of wine may help you relax and nod off, but having it too close to bedtime can lead to poor sleep quality and a groggy, not to mention hangover-plagued, morning after.
When you’re wound up at the end of a long, stressful day, a nightcap may sound like the perfect way to relax before bed. But while a little alcohol may make you feel sleepy, it can set you up for a restless night. Can you unwind with a ...
Continue Reading →Segmented sleep was popular with our ancestors, but it may not be healthy for most people today. Find out just how long you should be staying asleep.
Is worry about lack of sleep keeping you up at night? For new parents, shift workers, or people just too busy to get their 8 hours, segmented sleep is a painful reality. Research shows that sleeping in shifts was a common practice by our ancestors. But interrupting your sleep/wake cycle may not be practical ...
Continue Reading →Robert Phipps, a British body language expert, says how a person sleeps can reveal key personality traits.
Whether you’re a side sleeper, back snoozer, or a knees-up cuddler, the position you choose while sleeping could reveal something about your personality, according to a British body language expert.
Robert Phipps, a leading body language expert in the United Kingdom, claims that a person’s sleep position can reveal key personality traits, like stubbornness or bossiness, as well as how critical a person is or ...
Continue Reading →But women cope better than men with a bout of mild sleep deprivation, study finds.
Men and women who get just six hours of sleep each night during the workweek will need more than the weekend to recover from the cumulative effects of this mild sleep deprivation, a new study revealed.
Researchers also found that women are better able to cope with and recover from this kind of sleep loss than men.
“The usual practice of extending sleep during the weekend after a ...
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