Category: Benefits of Sleep

BBC NEWS | Health | Lack of sleep ‘hits women harder’

Check out this interesting article on the increased effects that a lack of sleep has on women:

Researchers found levels of inflammatory markers – indicators of heart disease – vary significantly with sleep duration in women, but not men.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8128329.stm

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Problems are solved by sleeping

Getting a good night’s sleep can actually help you solve problems (and you thought “sleep on it” was just an expression):

The study at the University of California San Diego showed that the volunteers who entered REM during sleep improved their creative problem solving ability by almost 40%.

The findings suggest it is not merely sleep itself, or the passage of time, that is important for the problem solving, but the quality of sleep.

Read more at: BBC NEWS | Health | Problems are solved by sleeping.

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The Sleep Blog does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Instead, this website provides general information for educational purposes only. Always seek the advice of a qualified health care provider if you have questions or concerns regarding any medical condition or treatment.

60 Minutes Segment About Sleep

Last night, CBS ran a segment on 60 Minutes called The Science of Sleep.
They covered some of topics that we have previously blogged about such as: Lack of sleep and risk of cardiovascular disease, Sleep contributing to better memory , and more. Pretty interesting segment – worth a watch!

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Important:
The Sleep Blog does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Instead, this website provides general information for educational purposes only. Always seek the advice of a qualified health care provider if you have questions or concerns regarding any medical condition or treatment.