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Snoring Statistics It will be help to see snoring statistics, as snoring is a problem that affects such a wide range of the population. Below, we’ve compiled a list of some of the statistics we’ve come across when it comes to sleep disorders. As much as 30 percent of people aged thir ...Continue Reading

Snoring And Smoking You cannot avoid the fact that smoking is injurious to our health. However, what you may not have realized is that it is also one of the causes of snoring. Perhaps knowing that smoking is making their snoring worse and alienating their loved ones, will be the incentive persiste ...Continue Reading

Sleep Study Sleep study is a test that watches what happens to your body during sleep. The sleep study is done to find out what is causing your sleep problems. Sleep study can determine whether you have a problem with your stages of sleep. Sleep study test: Sleep study is conducted during night t ...Continue Reading

Sleep Science Basics What is Sleep? People sleep at the equivalent of one-third of their lifespan. About eight hours of sleep per night ads up to nearly three thousand hours per year. Calculating from an average life expectancy of seventy years, this adds up to about twenty-four years of sleep. The ...Continue Reading

Sleep Hygiene Sleep hygiene is a term used to describe your sleep habits. Poor sleep habits are common problem in our society. Common sleep problems are caused by bad habits reinforced over years. You can improve your quality of sleep by following good sleep hygiene. There are some essential thing ...Continue Reading

10 Tips for Better Sleep By Wendy Owen We all need some help now and then in getting to sleep. Rather than just popping a sleeping pill which can be habit forming and lead to more sleep problems in the long term, try these sleeping tips. One or more of them will surely help. Have a hot bath Not ...Continue Reading

14 Ways to Improve Sleep Now! By Barbara C. Phillips, MN, NP Sleep disturbance or insomnia is not uncommon in women starting at midlife. While this may be due to a physical concern, usually it's not. Let's discuss some things you can do NOW to improve your sleep. Good sleep is a component of good ...Continue Reading

Sleep Deprivation – Effects and Treatment Sleep Deprivation Effects The harmful effects of sleep deprivation include heart disease, fatigue, depression, stress insomnia and sleep apnea, which can seriously damage the immune system, trigger heart disease and cause respiratory problems. Sev ...Continue Reading

Sleep Cycle Sleep consists of two distinct states that rotate in cycles and reflects differing levels of brain nerve cell activity. During a normal night's sleep, one advances through these stages about five or six times: Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (NonREM: NonREM sleep is also termed quiet sleep. ...Continue Reading

Serotonin Neurotransmitter Insomnia is associated with lack of serotonin. Serotonin is an important neurotransmitter that is necessary to your survival. Serotonin plays a role in behavior, mood, physical coordination, body temperature, appetite and sleep. It can also be converted into melatonin by ...Continue Reading