Sleep Info

We’ve talked before about the relationship between sleep and pain, but a new study is providing more evidence that there is indeed a link between more sleep and reducing chronic pain. Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit recruited 18 healthy, pain-free volunteers who were randomly assigned to four nights of either maintaining their regular…
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Two government agencies are warning parents and other caregivers not to put babies in sleep positioning products as two recent deaths underscore concerns about suffocation. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the warning after reviewing reports of 12 known infant deaths associated with the products. The most common…
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It wasn’t all that long ago that the only legal choices for someone who needed a little pick-me-up were coffee or soft drinks.  Today, we have a lot more choices that carry quite a jolt to your body … most of them in the form of energy drinks like Monster, Red Bull and Five Hour…
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Every year it seems Black Friday, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, comes earlier.  It started with stores opening at ridiculously early hours on the Friday after Thanksgiving, trying to lure shoppers with low prices.  Then, in the last few years, those same stores started opening at midnight on Friday.  This year, the…
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Those who don’t sleep well know that their sleeplessness can cost them in terms of concentration, coordination and socialization … not to mention all of the health problems that can be caused by not sleeping enough.  But how much does it truly cost us?  The MarketWatch blog Encore took a look, and the findings were…
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“Parity” is the buzzword in the National Football League, meaning every team has a chance to win the Super Bowl every year, and the league has gone to great lengths to promote equality among the franchises.  Because of that, it’s not surprising that teams are looking for any advantage possible.  Several of them are looking…
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Those who live near turbine wind farms have complained for years about the noise, and how it’s keeping them from getting a good night’s sleep.  Now, a new study confirms that it is indeed causing a problem. The research, by British and American scientists, was conducted in Maine.  It compared a group of people living…
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Nearly 10 years ago, the U.S. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education implemented new rules to limit the hours that surgeon trainees were allowed to be on duty.  The goal was to eliminate or at least reduce the sleep deprivation that had become almost synonymous with these intern years.  Young doctors-to-be were limited to 80 per week,…
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A new study may have uncovered a much cheaper and less intrusive way to diagnose sleep apnea. The traditional method for diagnosis is for the patient to stay overnight in a sleep lab.  Not only can the time away from home be problematic for many, but the cost adds up to more than $1,000.  That…
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It’s well known that lack of sleep can cause cognitive and motor skills, but a new study presented at the recent American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans indicates that adolescent athletes who don’t get the required amount of sleep are actually at increased risk of getting injured. Researchers studied 112 athlete,…
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