Sleep apnea is a chronic sleep disorder in which a person stops breathing multiple times during sleep. And, its severity may be a predictor of the aggressiveness of malignant skin melanoma, or skin cancer, according to a study performed in Spain. A link between sleep apnea and mortality, as well between sleep apnea and the […]
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A Lack of Sleep May Shrink Your Brain
What are your reasons for making sleep a priority in your life? You may want to add another reason to your list thanks to the frightening results of a new study published this month in the journal Neurology. Lead researcher Claire E. Sexton, DPhil with the University of Oxford and her team found that while our brains naturally […]
10 Things High-Quality Sleep Does for You
Do you still find yourself not making time for sleep and instead giving in to a Netflix binge or scrolling through your Facebook feed at night? The truth is that those late night decisions work against you over time, increasing dangerous health risks and taking away your energy during your work day. Great snooze is […]
Winners Sleep: Why Sleep Matters to Athletes
If you haven’t felt motivated to join Team Sleep just yet, think about how your last athletic endeavor went, then take a look at the very neat info-graphic below! Provided by Mind Body Green in the world of Pinterest, it’s the perfect tool to encourage all athletes to tuck in to reach their peak performance. Whether you […]
Rotating Shift Work Linked to Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Shift workers may have a lot more to worry about than their rotating schedule or unusual hours getting in the way of their plans. Their irregular sleep pattern may be contributing to the results of a new study review, which found that shift workers who work overnight or have inconsistent schedules are more likely to develop […]
Older Adults: Less Sleep, Faster Aging Brain
A new study has added another reason to consistently get 7-9 hours of high-quality sleep every night. Researchers from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) found evidence that when older adults decrease their sleep, their brains age more rapidly. The data of 66 older Chinese adults who also participated in the Singapore-Longitudinal Aging Brain Study was examined to […]
The Connection Between Poor Sleep and Drowsy Driving
If you need another reason to get to be proper amount of sleep; this shocking infographic concerning drowsy driving might do the trick. Provided by The Huffington Post and based off data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control from 2011 to 2012, it shows just how many people are affected by poor sleep and the likelihood of […]
Why You Should Take Sleep More Seriously
We are always stressing the importance of sleep here at Gallery Furniture and we love sharing meaningful material that may inspire you to do so as well. In an effort to raise awareness of the dangers of sleep deprivation, PR Daily Europe created an easy-to-read info-graphic that covers several main points of how you put yourself at risk […]
4 Skin Problems You Can Avoid With Sleep
Regardless of how important sleep is, many people ignore the consequences to make more time for work, happy hour with friends, or morning exercise. Sleep is critical to skin health and we need it to recover from the sun and other outside elements. Bella Sugar suggests that you take into consideration these major beauty issues that are […]
Chronic Sleep Loss May Allow Toxins to Enter the Brain
The reason why we need sleep is still being researched with many different theories at the center of the debate. However, new research may have unlocked a piece of the puzzle, finding that chronic sleep loss can cause dangerous neurotoxic molecules that normally circulate in our blood, to enter the central nervous system and interfere with the […]