If you read many of our articles here at SleepBetter, you know that we’re against cell phones in the bedroom. They can disturb your sleep in a number of ways. Interesting new research is now saying that those same cell phones can actually disturb an unborn baby’s sleep as well! Scientists conducted a small study…
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Every day it seems there’s a new app available for smartphones that promises to give you all of the information you need on your sleep patterns, making you more educated and able to sleep better. It sounds good in theory, but in the end you’re better off without those apps. This isn’t a case of…
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People with insomnia have a lower tolerance to pain, according to a new study conducted in Norway. The study included more than ten thousand adults from a large, ongoing Norwegian health study. Subjects were asked about various types of sleep impairment, including insomnia, total sleep time, and how long it took them to fall asleep. Each…
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It’s no shock that a lot of us don’t get near the amount of sleep we need, but sometimes a study comes along that quantifies it in a way that reminds us that changes need to be made. Most experts recommend adults get between seven and nine hours of sleep. The wide span accounts for vast…
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Every so often, we here at SleepBetter come across a sleep-related story that sounds too weird to be true. Sometimes they are, but this one actually makes sense when you think about it. Researchers have determined that playing the flute or another wind instrument like the saxophone can reduce your risk of sleep apnea if…
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Sleep apnea is a scary disorder. At minimum, it can cause its sufferers to be tired all day regardless of how much time they spend in bed. At extremes, it can be fatal. Scientists are now warning about another possible complication — early memory loss. Sleep apnea is a breathing disorder in which the airways…
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Remember when you were a kid, and your parents loaded you into the car for a long trip? Many times on those trips, you’d fall asleep for a large portion of the trip, and find that it seemed like you were there in no time. That’s what scientists are hoping they can force astronauts to…
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It’s not uncommon for members of the military who are on deployment or even home after deployment to have a variety of sleep problems. New research shows us that treating those sleep problems can help alleviate symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Scientists at the RAND Corporation surveyed more than 2,000 married…
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Money may not buy happiness, but apparently those who have it are sleeping better. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently took a close look at numbers from the 2013 Health Interview Survey. Since the CDC considers sleep deficiency a public health epidemic, the amount of sleep that individuals are receiving was of…
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Insomnia and depression are a predictor for nightmares, according to new research conducted in Finland. The study, published in the journal Sleep, had two goals. First, it wanted to find out if factors associated with frequent nightmares could be reproduced in a large population sample. It also wanted to examine whether there were previously unreported factors…
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