Sleep Info

This is the latest installment of a regular feature here at SleepBetter.org: Sleep Myth Monday, where we bust sleep myths wide open, or verify that they’re true. Myth or Truth: We should all sleep eight hours per night. MYTH People vary in terms of how much sleep they need.  You need to let your body tell…
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A new survey conducted in Britain shows just how bad our obsession with our electronic devices is getting. The research, conducted by a British hotel chain, found that one in five (20%) people in Britain keep their phone in their bed or even under their pillow every single night, to ensure they don’t miss a single…
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New research suggests there is a link between low levels of the hormone melatonin and an increased risk of diabetes. Melatonin is a naturally-occurring hormone which helps regulate the need for sleep.  Researchers at Harvard researchers compared 370 diabetic women to 370 women without the disorder. The women came from a larger, ongoing project known as…
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Sleep paralysis is a strange and sometimes terrifying sleep disorder.  When we reach the “dreaming” portion of our sleep cycle, our brains essentially shut off the ability to move.  This keeps us from acting out our dreams and potentially hurting ourselves or others.  However, individuals with sleep paralysis awake but their bodies remain in this paralyzed state….
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A new study reveals that sleep apnea might be linked to increasing the chances for children in developing attention deficiency hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning complications, and other adaptive disorders. Sleep apnea is a common and serious sleeping disorder in which breathing patterns, such as normal breathing, are disrupted during sleep. The research, conducted at the University of…
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Apparently the media shares our concern about the hour lost when we “spring forward” to Daylight Saving Time.  After we released our data on the cost of the Lost Hour, called the Lost-Hour Economic Index, hundreds of stories were published in print, broadcast and online that mentioned our findings.  Here’s just a sample of some…
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New research has found a very strong link between a sleep disorder and a type of dementia called “dementia with Lewy bodies” (DLB) in men. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida found that individuals with the disorder called rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) were a whopping five times more likely to…
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It’s no secret to SleepBetter visitors that the amount you sleep can have an effect on your weight.  The reverse is also true — what you eat can have an effect on how you sleep. Yahoo News recently did a wrap-up of some foods that you can eat that may help you get a little…
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According to new research, China has staked its claim as being one of the worst industrialized nations … for sleep. In China, 38-percent of people suffer from various kinds of sleep problems, compared o the world average of 27-percent, according to the Chinese Sleep Research Society (CSRS).  About one-third of people in the Asian country have suffered from insomnia (the most common sleep disorder) at least once.  About 2 to 4 percent suffered sleep disordered breathing, including snoring, sleep apnea…
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Does it seem like your spouse handles lack of sleep differently than you?  If so, you’re probably not imagining things. Researchers from Duke University found that poor sleep is associated with greater psychological distress and higher levels of biomarkers associated with elevated risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. They also found that these associations…
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