Archive for February, 2008
Teens have the highest crash rates in the country. They also are likely to have the least sleep. Two critical factors collide when teens are in their early driving years: 1) they need nearly 9.5 hours of sleep every night to accommodate an upswing in growth and hormone development, and 2) they get far less sleep than they need - an average of 7.4 hours a night, considerably less for many.
Automobiles have become common among teenagers and driving license has become passport to the hospital. Many teen drivers are involved in car crashes due to sleep deficiency. Teen’s daily schedule will be almost messy.
They get up and complete their daily rituals, eat breakfast and run to school. After school, if they are participating in extra activities like music, dance, sports and other activities, they attend the classes in the evenings. [Teen Sleep]
After returning home, they have to complete their assignments and home works. They watch television, sit on computer and play video games late night. They will go to sleep in the late nights and will get up in the morning again for going to school. Therefore, the average sleep a teenager gets is 6.5 hours or less.
A new US study found that dozing during the day could be a sign of increased stroke risk for elderly Americans. The findings of the study (Abstract 94) were presented to the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2008, taking place in New Orleans this week. The researchers found that stroke risk was two to four times greater in elderly people who dozed moderately during the day.
For more information on daytime drowsiness and heart attack risks in elderly, visit:
Many elderly people have trouble in falling asleep and they wake up after few hours. Once they wake up, they cannot sleep again. It can result in daytime fatigue, which harms your driving and daytime activities.
If you have condition of sleep apnea, it raises the risk of stroke. A stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain is blocked by the blood clot. This is said to be ischemic stroke.
Several studies identified sleep apnea in elderly people as a cause of stroke and other heart related diseases. But, many elderly people neglect that fact sleep apnea is common in elderly and stroke is more likely to occur in them.
A ninety minute daytime nap helps speed up the process of long term memory consolidation, a recent study conducted by Prof. Avi Karni and Dr. Maria Korman of the Center for Brain and Behavior Research at the University of Haifa found. “We still don’t know the exact mechanism of the memory process that occurs during sleep, but the results of this research suggest the possibility that it is possible to speed up memory consolidation, and in the future, we may be able to do it artificially,” said Prof. Karni.
Checkout the link given to know more on this topic:
According to the latest research, people who take naps in the daytime will be more active when compared to the people who don’t take naps at the day time. To prove this statement, experts have conducted experiment on the two groups of people.
The first group consists of the people who take little naps at the morning time; where as the other group consists of the people who don’t take naps at the morning time. They made the first group to take a nap for some period of time where as the second group is awaken.
The latest research found that, out of the total population through out the world, 10% of the people are suffering with the problem of sleep apnea.
It indicates that millions of people through out the world are suffering with this problem.
Experts also say that close relationship is bonded between sleep apnea and congestive heart failure.
There are more chances to obtain the congestive heart failure for the people who are suffering with sleep apnea.
The recent studies which are carried out on the relationship between the congestive heart failure and sleep apnea found the reason for it.
People who are suffering with the sleep apnea will get damage at the right side of the heart. Due to this, pumping of the heart will be harder and more effort is needed from the lungs in order to beat this airway obstruction.
Tests have been conducted for the people who are suffering with the heart disease and found that almost 95% of those people are suffering with the sleep apnea.
Generally people who are suffering with this problem don’t know at which stage they are and what type of measures are needed for them in order to prevent this problem.
Surgery should not be the first treatment for a patient who suffers from obstructive sleep apnea - when the upper airways collapse during sleep - according to an article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), this week’s issue.
Obstructive sleep apnea, a common disorder, leads to loud snoring. Sometimes the person with this disorder can stop breathing completely for short period during his/her sleep.
Checkout the link given to know more on this topic:
According to latest research, surgery will not give the clear benefits for the sleep apnea where as the long term treatments gave the better benefits when compared to it.
There is no age limit for sleep apnea, it can affect from the small kids to the older people. But, most of the sufferers with this disease are middle aged and over weight people.
The basic treatment which is suggested by the experts to solve the problem of sleep apnea is CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure).
Along with the CPAP machine, some other procedures are also included in it like weight control and alcohol management procedures. If it is controlled by this, then it’s ok, otherwise they opt to go for surgery.
A new study finds that zolpidem extended-release 12.5 mg, taken three to seven nights per week for up to six months, provided sustained and significant improvements in sleep onset and maintenance, and also improved next-day concentration and morning sleepiness in people with insomnia.
The study focused on 1,018 patients between 18 and 64 years of age with chronic primary insomnia, who had difficulty in initiating or maintaining sleep or experiencing non-restorative sleep for three months or greater.
Checkout the link given to know more on this topic:
The latest research has proved that the single dose of zolpidem extended the placebo from 3 to 7 nights per week. More benefits are also obtained with the zolpidem group than the placebo group regarding the improvement of person from the sleep apnea.
The patient’s global rating regarding the improvement from insomnia is more for the zolpidem group when compared to the placebo group.
In order to prove that zolpidem is effective, the experts conducted a study on the patients who are suffering with the sleep apnea.
With the academic year at the half-way mark, millions of high school students are preparing to take their mid-term exams. Unfortunately, research is increasingly showing that more and more teens are not getting enough sleep, which can have a negative impact on their grades.
Teens are no longer adhering to “lights out”. Among the reasons for these changes in sleeping patterns are increased part-time working hours, talking on the cell phone, computer usage and watching television at bedtime.
According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), success on exams in the classroom is tied to sleep.
Checkout the link given to find more on this topic:
The latest research has proved that the teens who don’t have enough sleep at night time will not obtain good score in their exams where as the teens who sleeps for enough time will score high in their exams, even though they are less intelligent than the people who don’t sleep for required amount of time at night times.
According to the view of experts, teens must create a good bedtime environment in order to be sharp. They must get at least 8 to 9 hours of quality sleep in a day to be active. The performance of the teens in their academics can be dictated with the amount of sleep.
The combination of a growing population of Asian-Americans and the effect of a Western diet on its eating habits has created a “sleeping giant,” or an increasing likelihood of the development of obstructive sleep apnea among this ethnic group.
In response, InnoMed Technologies Inc. of Coconut Creek, which competes with companies such as Resmed (NYSE:RMD) and Respironics (NASDAQ:RESP), is stepping to the forefront with medical innovations designed specifically to assist Asian sufferers of apnea.
Checkout the link given to find more on this topic:
Sleep apnea is the problem which does not occur due to region or locality. Most of the Asians are also affected with this problem. In order to solve the problems of sleep apnea in Asians, the InnoMed technologies of coconut creek has taken the step to find the solutions.
According to their view, wearing the nasal mask while sleeping can reduce the problem of sleep apnea. There are several reasons for the occurrence of sleep apnea, not all the people will have the same cause of occurrence.
This nasal mask wearing is the best remedy for the people who are suffering with sleep apnea due to the inconvenience of breathing while sleeping.
Recent Posts
- Do You Struggle Every Night To Get Good Sleep? Practice Yoga!
- Are You Struggling To Make Your Child Sleep At Night?
- Sensible Things That You Can Do When You Can't Sleep At Night!
- 4 Ways To Get Good Night Sleep
- Loss Of Sleep, Even For A Single Night, Increases Inflammation In The Body
- Heavy Snoring Is An Independent Risk Factor For Carotid Atherosclerosis
- Poor Sleep In Teens Linked To Higher Blood Pressure
- Does Your Teen Sleeps Till Past Noon Or Stay Awake All Night?
- Therapeutic "Snore Ring" For Sleep-Deprived Snorers
- How Snoozing Makes You Smarter?
- September 2008 (6)
- August 2008 (8)
- July 2008 (15)
- June 2008 (12)
- May 2008 (7)
- April 2008 (11)
- March 2008 (12)
- February 2008 (12)
- January 2008 (14)
- December 2007 (15)
- November 2007 (11)
- October 2007 (22)
- September 2007 (16)
- August 2007 (14)
- July 2007 (13)
- June 2007 (14)
- May 2007 (9)
- April 2007 (10)
- March 2007 (10)
- February 2007 (23)
- January 2007 (25)
- December 2006 (18)
- November 2006 (26)
- October 2006 (13)
- September 2006 (12)
- August 2006 (5)
Measles
Before the advent of vaccines, epidemics of measles were known to occur every two to five years
Beds
Beds, Beds and more Beds! Visit Beds Warehouse for beds and mattresses of all prices and sizes! Click here now!
Mattresses
Thinking of changing your mattress? Click here and view comfortable mattresses at bargain prices!