lack of sleep

We’ve all had one of those tormenting sleepless nights where you just can’t relax. Everything is irritating and your mind gets constantly distracted by racing thoughts that won’t let you fall asleep. You toss and turn all night long, getting more and more agitated as you realize your precious sleeping hours are slipping away. Once ...click here to read more

Researchers may have found yet another reason that getting the necessary shut-eye is so important, especially for men. According to a new preliminary study, sleep deprivation may be linked to fatal prostate cancer. A study analyzed long-term data from more than 823,000 men in the United States and found that men younger than 65 years ...click here to read more

Lack of sleep can greatly increase your risk of a heart attack. Shocked? You shouldn’t be, as lack of sleep has been linked to a number of serious health problems. To fully understand this connection, let’s examine sleep and heart disease, along with ways to boost our health and reduce the risk. The World Health Organization (WHO) ...click here to read more

How did you sleep last night? Or even the night before? If you’re constantly tossing and turning, struggling to fall asleep, or simply aren’t getting in your seven to eight hours, you could be putting your health at risk. Sleep is the time when our bodies can restore themselves, so if we don’t get proper ...click here to read more

Teens who text late at night not only suffer from poor sleep, but their academic performance becomes negatively impacted as well. Study author Xue Ming said, “We need to be aware that teenagers are using electronic devices excessively and have a unique physiology. They tend to go to sleep late and get up late. When ...click here to read more

Even though we have entered a new year there were plenty of important health news stories from 2015 which we still want to mention. In particular there were many stories regarding multiple sclerosis, chronic pancreatitis and rheumatoid arthritis, just to name a few. Below are some of those important health news stories which you may ...click here to read more

Sleep disorders not only impede on a person’s sleep, but they can have serious and negative health consequences as well if they are not managed or controlled. Examples of sleep disorders include insomnia, sleep apnea and parasomnia. Over this last year, more information arose in regards to sleep disorders – how they are linked, how ...click here to read more

Lack of sleep can have many negative health consequences, and new findings suggest that it can negatively impact emotions as well. Lack of sleep has been found to impair the brain’s ability to regulate emotions due to fatigue. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that 30 percent of Americans receive less than ...click here to read more

Sleep deprivation has been linked to higher levels of stress and depression. Today, life stress and the general hubbub of modern society can keep us up at night. And for caffeine-fueled North Americans – with smartphones and tablets at their bedsides – sleeping may seem like a waste of time, to the extent that sleep ...click here to read more

Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the University of Colorado Boulder have found a link between a lack of sleep and diabetes. Lack of sleep has also been associated with a rise in obesity, metabolic syndromes, mood disorders, cognitive impairment and accidents. Lead author, Kenneth Wright Jr., Ph.D., said, “We found ...click here to read more

According to a recent study, Bad mood has been linked with sleep interruptions more than lack of sleep. The study was done at Johns Hopkins Medicine where researchers found that waking up throughout the night has a negative impact on mood more than individual’s getting a shorter amount of non-interrupted sleep. As part of the ...click here to read more

Does insomnia, a lack of sleep, increase hypertension? When it comes to high blood pressure – or hypertension – there are many factors that come into play: Diet, weight, smoking and alcohol use can all be attributed to your rising blood pressure. In fact, lack of sleep is also a factor. Getting a good night’s ...click here to read more

As we age it may start to seem like intimacy is a thing for the younger generation. Maybe you’ve been married for years and the spark is beginning to fade. Maybe you’re just too tired or too achy to have the get-up-and-go you once had. There are many reasons why we simply don’t feel in ...click here to read more

Have you ever just stayed in bed staring at the ceiling, tossing and turning, trying to sleep but simply not being able to? You’re tired, your eyes are heavy, and yet you lie there counting sheep. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest that lack of sleep is a public health epidemic. Lack ...click here to read more