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It’s no secret that sleep has been an unpredictable activity since the COVID-19 pandemic hit and lockdown came into effect. This ranges from sleepless nights to the weird dreams you have when you do get some shut-eye. Just in case you thought it was just you, it’s not… Two new studies, which looked at the […]
In our eyes the Apple Watch is the undisputed champion of fitness smartwatches, combining genuinely useful smart features with accurate heart rate and GPS tracking hardware. The one glaring omission in its suite of features, compared with virtually every other health wearable, is sleep tracking – perhaps because the Apple Watch’s battery life hasn’t been […]
Did you know that lack of sleep may have a negative impact on your weight? (1) People who get enough sleep (7 to 9 hours are recommended) have fewer problems keeping the weight off. Many are already aware that regular exercise and a balanced diet are key for better quality sleep. Believe it or not, […]
You are exhausted, lie down in bed, and long for just one thing: deep, sound sleep. But then it doesn’t happen – you lie awake. Minutes pass, we toss and turn, and although you are very tired, you just can’t sleep. Have you ever experienced this? Or do you often have trouble staying asleep, waking […]
The 10 Best Sleep Apps To Help You Fall Asleep Faster And Sleep Through The Night Welcome to your best sleep ever. Aryelle Siclait and Jasmine Gomez | 22 April 2020 SHARE THIS ON Photograph by Unsplash There’s no better feeling than climbing into bed after a long, exhausting day and drifting off to sleep. […]
Anyone else not sleeping, like at all, right now? Yeah, you’re not alone. Between the stress and fear that so many of us are feeling, to the complete blow to our usual routines, a lot of us are losing sleep right now. We can’t fix everything keeping you up at night, but we can offer […]
Samuel L. Jackson is sharing another story with the world, and it’s just what’s needed in the era of social distancing due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The screen icon narrated the audiobook version of Adam Mansbach’s 2011 work, “Go The Fuck To Sleep.” And on Tuesday night’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Jackson read Mansbach’s latest effort: […]
It makes a kind of intuitive sense that eating just before going to bed is a bad idea. However, that might just be based on associations with compulsive late-night snacking or kebab-shop visits, because according to Registered Nutritionist Rob Hobson, who is working as an independent consultant for the Almond Board of California, eating just […]
People with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are having to wait up to two years for appropriate treatment. About two million people in the UK have moderate or severe symptoms related to OSA, which makes patients temporarily stop breathing while asleep. This can happen hundreds of times a night, leaving them exhausted, with poor memory and […]
There are lots of reasons you might be awake at night, from a racing mind to too much coffee. But a room that doesn’t have the best temperature for sleep is arguably one of the most annoying culprits behind a restless night. No one likes being a hot, sweaty mess or a human ice cube […]
Sleep deprivation is exacerbating mental health problems among teenage girls in Scotland, experts have said. Research has shown almost a third of young people experience problems nodding off which has a negative impact on both mental and physical health. But girls age 15 and over in particular are experiencing high levels of pressure in their […]
A sleep disorder that can leave people gasping for breath at night could be linked to the amount of fat on their tongues, a study suggests. When sleep apnoea patients lost weight, it was the reduction in tongue fat that lay behind the resulting improvements, researchers said. Larger and fattier tongues are more common among […]
The idea artificial light from screens is keeping people awake at night is flawed, say scientists who have been studying the best type of lighting to nod off to. According to the researchers, from Manchester University, this blue light from devices is not the main problem. They exposed mice to different light settings to study […]
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Teenagers using social media for more than three hours a day are more likely to go to bed after 23:00 and wake during the night, UK research suggests. This affects one in three teens – with one in five spending five hours or more on apps like Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook every day, the study […]