Sleep Info

New research shows that while little sleep can cause heart problems, but too much sleep can cause the same problem. This research, based at the Chicago Medical School, found that adults who get less than 6 hours of sleep and adults who get more than 8 hours of sleep per night are likely to have…
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An organization with a fantastic idea for your child’s bedtime routine was profiled recently in the newspaper USA Today.  Longtime SleepBetter visitors will recall that in 2010, we launched an effort to revive the bedtime story as a way to help children settle in for a good night’s sleep.  The group Bedtime Math wants to…
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Recent findings from a study out of University of Notre Dame shows that the best way to retain new lessons is to ‘sleep on it’ after learning the new information. After analyzing the sleep patterns of about 200 students and then having those students complete cognitive tasks when waking up in the morning it was…
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New research shows that a sleep disorder may be linked to the onset of Parkinson’s disease. The sleep disorder in question is called rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, or RBD. RBD occurs when when a slumbering person physically acts out their dreams while asleep. During a research study conducted at the Mayo Clinic it was found…
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Are you not a morning person? Do you find yourself constantly hitting the snooze button? You may not be alone, but you may actually be hurting your sleep patterns. By hitting the snooze button and trying to fall back asleep, just to be awakened again in 10 or so minutes, you are actually disrupting your…
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We’ve written here at SleepBetter.org many times about how sleep greatly effects your weight and eating habits, each day more and more research is being done to understand this correlation further. The latest news on this subject from the Mayo Clinic, where research reveals that people who are lacking in sleep are doing some serious…
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We’ve written here at SleepBetter.org many times about how sleep greatly effects your weight and eating habits, each day more and more research is being done to understand this correlation further. The latest news on this subject from the Mayo Clinic, where research reveals that people who are lacking in sleep are doing some serious…
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The arrival of spring is good news for people who have struggled with sleep disruptions over the winter months, despite the short term disruption to sleep patterns immediately after the change to Daylight Savings Time. “It may sound a bit counter intuitive, but a good dose of sunlight can help you sleep at night,” says…
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Recent findings from the National Health Interview Survey show which professions may leave you the most exhausted. The top five include: 1) Home Health Aids: bringing in an average of six hours and 57 minutes of sleep 2) Lawyers: 7 hour average 3) Police Officers: 7 hours and 1 minute average 4) Physicians & Paramedics:…
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It is common knowledge that the switch to Daylight Saving Time disrupts people’s sleep patterns, but a new study shows how this change in time affects worker productivity.  In a study conducted at Penn State University, it was found that many people slack off at work as a result of the ‘spring forward.’ Researchers found…
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