Extremes Of Sleep Related To Increased Fat Around Organs
Not getting enough sleep does more damage than just leaving you with puffy eyes. It can cause fat to accumulate around your organs - more dangerous, researchers say, than those pesky love handles and jiggly thighs... Tags: Insomnia Sleeping problems Insomnia information Sleepin‘Biological Clock’ Could Be A Key To Better Health, Longer Life
If you aren't getting a good, consistent and regular night's sleep, a new study suggests it could reduce your ability to handle oxidative stress, cause impacts to your health, increase motor and neurological deterioration, speed aging and ultimately cut short your life. That is, if your "biological clock" genes work the same way as those of a fruit fly. And they probably do... Tags: Insomnia Sleeping problems Insomnia information SleepinFrequent Napping Is Associated With Increased Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes In Older Adults
A study in the March 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that frequent napping is associated with an elevated prevalence of type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in an older Chinese population. Results show that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes was 36 percent higher (adjusted odds ratio = 1.36) in participants who reported napping four to six times a week and 28 percent higher (OR = 1... Tags: Insomnia Sleeping problems Insomnia information SleepinRelationship Between Extremes In Sleep Duration And Increases In Abdominal Fat In Minority Young Adults
A study in the March 1 issue of the journal SLEEP shows that African-American and Hispanic young adults with short or long sleep durations had greater increases in belly fat over a five-year period compared with those who reported sleeping six to seven hours a night... Tags: Insomnia Sleeping problems Insomnia information SleepinNational Sleep Awareness Week (March 7-13, 2010) - Canadian Lung Association
Are you often very sleepy throughout the day? And do others tell you that you snore or have short pauses in your breathing while you sleep? Do you get a full night's sleep most nights but still wake up tired? You may have sleep apnea, a serious breathing problem that interrupts your sleep. These breathing pauses called "apneas" can last for 10 to 30 seconds or longer... Tags: Insomnia Sleeping problems Insomnia information SleepinRisk of Childhood Obesity Higher Among Minorities
Title: Risk of Childhood Obesity Higher Among MinoritiesbrCategory: Health NewsbrCreated: 3/1/2010 10:10:00 AMbrLast Editorial Review: 3/1/2010 Tags: Insomnia Sleeping problems Insomnia information SleepinChinese Man Says He Killed Roommate Over Snoring
BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese college student fed up with his roommate's snoring, has confessed to stabbing him to death in the middle of the night. Tags: Insomnia Sleeping problems Insomnia information SleepinThe Mathematics Behind A Good Night’s Sleep
February 27th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
Why can't I fall asleep? Will this new medication keep me up all night? Can I sleep off this cold? Despite decades of research, answers to these basic questions about one of our most essential bodily functions remain exceptionally difficult to answer. In fact, researchers still don't fully understand why we even sleep at all...
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