While changing the clocks by an hour may not seem like a big deal, sleep scientists have seen certain concerning trends throughout the shift, especially in March when we “spring forward.”The change can affect your emotions and overall health, putting you at risk for gastrointestinal problems, headaches, and joint pain, blood sugar and insulin system…
Sleep deprivation is increasingly being linked to a variety of health problems, including an increased risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and heart disease.Now, a recent research of people in their forties has discovered that having a combination of sleep issues — such as difficulty falling asleep, waking up during the night, or sleeping…
The Vernal (or Spring) Equinox is the more formal, scientific name for the First Day of Spring. The equinox is the moment in which the plane of the Earth’s midline, the Equator, passes through the center of the Sun. This creates the only time when the edge of night and day known as the “solar…
It’s likely everyone has at least one story to share about some mistake or circumstance that resulted from the “spring forward” time change. Tell us… what did you do for Daylight Savings Time this morning?
The upcoming change to daylight saving time (DST) will make people feel like they’ve lost an hour of sleep. At 2am this coming Sunday morning, March 12, we are expected to “spring” our clocks one hour “forward.” This synchs our shared schedules to an artificial time reset. The practice originally evolved to build more sunlight into…
Sleep deprivation and sleep disorders challenge the various systems in the body to maintain the critical functional balance called homeostasis. As with the health of many other organs in the body, kidney health can become a casualty of sleep problems.
The SleepHealth App, a free sleep health analysis tool offered by the American Sleep Apnea Association and Sleeptember, has just completed its first trip around the sun! We’re proud to announce that in one year’s time, it has become one of our most useful tools for both users and sleep health researchers.
American Sleep Apnea Association and IBM Launch Patient-led Sleep Study App; First ResearchKit App on Watson Health Cloud Mobile Study Designed to Explore Connections Between Sleep Habits and Health Fuels the Creation of the World’s First Sleep Data Repository WASHINGTON, D.C. and ARMONK, N.Y. – 2 March 2016 – Today, the American Sleep Apnea Association (ASAA)…
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