Anxiety and depression during the weeks before and after birth is not uncommon. Between 15 and 18 percent of women experience anxiety during this period. Seven to 13 percent of women struggle with depression during this time, with about 10 percent of women dealing with both anxiety and depression. A new study, one of the […]
Old wives’ tales claim that people sleep better in colder temperatures, with an open window letting in the cool night air. When it comes to the correlation between good sleep and the temperature of the environment, it appears that numerous grandmothers were correct. Research has shown that there is a link between colder room temperatures […]
In recent decades, research has revealed that there are a number of diseases caused by lack of sleep, something that should be of serious concern in our modern, 24-hour world. Fortunately, scientists are concerned and sounding the alarm, with many groups describing sleep deprivation as a major global public health problem. These are just a […]
For as long as there have been thinkers among us, there have been questions about the nature and purpose of sleep. Indeed, sleep was a topic tackled by some of the ancient world’s greatest thinkers, including Alcmaeon of Croton, who offered his scientific explanation of sleep between 500 and 450 BCE, and Aristotle, who wrote […]
Insufficient sleep and poor quality sleep have both been shown to impact health in a number of significant ways, including the health and function of the cardiovascular, immune and metabolic systems. Over the past decade, medical researchers have learned a great deal about the connections between a lack of sleep and cardiac deaths. Sleep duration […]
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