08/29/2008
As always, here are the Speed Sleep team’s favorite sleep-related links of the week:
Reuters Health reports that sleep quality may drop with age, but the harmful effects might be diminished.
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08/22/2008
Every Friday we post our favorite sleep related links - here are this week’s top picks from around the web:
Are you a new mother Participate in an important sleep study about new motherhood, fatigue, and sleep quality.
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08/18/2008
A new study has found that children and teens who get less sleep or suffer from sleep problems are more likely to be overweight or even obese, according to a report from the Archives of General Psychiatry (a JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - publication).
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08/15/2008
It is Friday, so here are Speed Sleep’s favorite sleep related links. Have a suggestion for next week’s list? Leave it in the comments!
The Sleep Doctor (Michael Breus at the Insomnia Blog) reports that a new study conducted in the Netherlands found that increasing the surface temperature of your skin improves the quality of your sleep; or that warmer skin equals cozier sleep.
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08/08/2008
Speed Sleep is starting a new blogging tradition - every Friday, we will post our favorite sleep-related links from around the web. Have a suggestion for next week’s list? Leave it in the comments!
The Children’s Health Channel at the Ivanhoe.com reports that children and teens who sleep less are more likely to be overweight.
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08/01/2008
Sleep Apnea is a sleeping problem that occurs when an individual’s breathing is disrupted while they are sleeping; it is most common in men, people who are overweight, and people over forty. Left untreated, it puts the sufferer at risk for hypertension, stroke, and heart failure. Even more worrisome, a recent study has just shown that people with severe sleep apnea are three times more likely to die prematurely.
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07/17/2008
Speed Sleep, the audio track that solves sleep problems, has been getting some excellent mentions in the press lately, such as this article in SleepDT and this mention in Sleepzine. Clearly, plenty of people are interested in improving the quality of the sleep.
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07/16/2008
The last few posts discussed how sleep problems can affect a woman during pregnancy; however, it is just as important that new mothers get enough sleep. After all, they have a new life to care for! Today, CNN’s Health Blog featured an article by Leslie Pepper of Parenting magazine that reminded new mothers to care of themselves.
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