Another edition of our popular “Links of the Week” is here to bring you this week’s breaking news about sleep aids and problems during sleep.  Lets dive right into things and get this sleeping informational party started.
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Sleep aids - over the counter pills and prescriptions - are the primary alternatives for people looking for a quick fix to get a good amount of sleep.  However, taking a sleep aid that forces the body to sleep is perhaps one of the worst ways to get an accurate and healthy amount of sleep.  The human brain is not dumb; it can recognize when an artificial sleeping agent is affecting its patterns of functionality.  The result of using taking a pill to get “better” sleep usually comes with multiple negative forms known on the warning labels as: side effects.
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A small, yet extremely beneficial study surrounding the immune system and sleep has provided the medical world with some great results.  It turns out that the immune system becomes more active during sleep, which translates into a better defense for fighting off bacteria and viruses that may attack during the late hours.
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Better sleeping links of the week is back, yet it seems like we just did last week’s link round-up yesterday… oh well.  We know that all of you are anxious to dive into this week’s discoveries, so liets get started.
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After taking a week off from our famous “better sleeping links of the week”, we’re back with some more great links to keep all of you up to date.  We went with a more global approach for this week’s links because some interesting sleep studies were conducted on the other side of the world, and of course, we love including sleep studies.
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Staying up late at night to catch the end of ESPN’s Sportcenter may not be such a great thing for your health.  According to Yu Misao, MD, of the Misao Health Clinic in Gifu, Japan, the fewer hours of sleep that men get at night translate into a higher BMI, blood pressure, and triglyceride levels.  The solution to this sleeping problem trickles down to paying more attention to bed times and the general quality of sleep.
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It’s Friday; you know what that means right? It’s time for Speed Sleep’s “Better Sleeping Links of the Week”.  This week had some great articles that we wanted to share with you, our reader, to help better understand the importance that sleep has on the body.
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The human brain, the most complex unit in the world, is severely affected when it is deprived of sleep.  When sleeping problems occur certain parts of the brain, such as the frontal lobe, performed less appropriately and saw more difficulties in functionality.  This statement shouldn’t be a big surprise to anyone because when lack of sleep is apparent, the body functions completely differently. 
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Sleep aids are becoming more and more prevalent in today’s worrisome economy.  Loss of sleep from the increased amounts of stress related to one’s financial positioning and job security has sparked a sales spike for sleeping aids, specifically pills.  Mostly unknown to the people who are taking the pills are the side effects and long-term damage that they are potentially causing to their bodies.
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Sleep aids, sleeping problems and sleep news; that’s the general idea fueling our “links of the week”.  We found some great articles for you to read over the weekend so grab a blanket, plug in your computer, make some hot green tea, sit back and enjoy the reading.
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