Even a Little Light While You Sleep Could Harm Health – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Sleep News TUESDAY, March 15, 2022 — People who sleep with a light on may be unwittingly keeping their nervous system awake, a small study suggests. The study of 20 healthy adults found that just one night of sleeping with the lights on spurred changes in people’s functioning: Their heart rates stayed higher during […]
Ready to ‘Spring Forward’? 9 Tips to Ease Into the Time Change – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Sleep News THURSDAY, March 10, 2022 If you struggle with the switch to daylight saving time, you might feel enlightened to learn it’s not just in your head. It involves an interplay between the clock, sunshine and your body at a cellular level. Planning ahead to shift clocks forward one hour, which happens this […]
Special Mouthguard Alternative to CPAP for Sleep Apnea – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Sleep News WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 Folks with sleep apnea are typically prescribed a CPAP machine to help them get a good night’s sleep, but there’s an alternative to the clunky, noisy devices that is growing in popularity. Oral appliances similar to mouthguards — called mandibular advancement devices (MADs) — have been shown to […]
Begin Now to Protect Your Heart as Clocks ‘Spring Forward’
Latest Sleep News TUESDAY, March 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) The lost hour of sleep when clocks spring forward for daylight saving time on Sunday, March 13 can pose risks to your heart — but there are ways to protect yourself. A number of studies have found an increase in heart problems and stroke after the […]
Resistance exercise may be superior to aerobic exercise for getting better ZZZs
Resistance exercise may be superior to aerobic exercise as a way to get better sleep, and sleep is important for cardiovascular health, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Conference 2022. The meeting will be held in-person in Chicago and virtually Tuesday, March 1 […]
12 Items You Need To Meet Your ‘Get Better Sleep’ Resolution
Get Better Sleep In 2022 With 12 Must-Have Items | HuffPost Life Main Menu Part of HuffPost News. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. The new year has arrived — albeit with more of a whimper than the bang many of us had hoped for. Between […]
Are Eye Styes Caused by Stress? Risk Factors & Prevention
Stress and lack of sleep can increase the risk of getting an eye stye by lowering immunity and making the body more susceptible to infection Styes are caused by bacterial infections in the oil glands of the eyelid. However, stress and lack of sleep can increase the risk of getting an eye stye by lowering […]
Bedtime linked with heart health
Going to sleep between 10:00 and 11:00 pm is associated with a lower risk of developing heart disease compared to earlier or later bedtimes, according to a study published today in European Heart Journal — Digital Health, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). “The body has a 24-hour internal clock, called circadian […]
AHA News: Exercise May Reduce Sleep Apnea and Improve Brain Health
Latest Sleep News By American Heart Association News HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 27, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Exercise may help reduce symptoms of a common sleep disorder and improve brain function, a small study finds. Exercise training could be a useful supplemental treatment for people with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, […]
Meeting sleep recommendations could lead to smarter snacking
Missing out on the recommended seven or more hours of sleep per night could lead to more opportunities to make poorer snacking choices than those made by people who meet shut-eye guidelines, a new study suggests. The analysis of data on almost 20,000 American adults showed a link between not meeting sleep recommendations and eating […]