HEADLINE HEALTH – Elevating your head and chest higher than your feet as you sleep can help prevent and ease acid reflux and heartburn.
You can do this using a foam wedge placed under the mattress or by raising bedposts using wood blocks.
Beware of piling pillows, as this usually isn’t effective and may even make your symptoms worse. Additionally, sleeping on your left side is thought to aid digestion and may work to limit stomach...
CBS NEWS – Can noise help you sleep? It may seem contradictory, but white noise for rest and relaxation is rising in popularity — and experts say there's a good reason.
In an interview with CBS News Friday, Dr. Jeffrey Ellenbogen, neurologist and director of The Sound Sleep Project, a research initiative, said white, brown and even pink noise are all examples of "sound masking."
"Sound masking is one tool in a large toolbox that you...
HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH – When you drink alcohol, it acts as a depressant for your central nervous system, meaning that it can cause brain activity to slow down.
Alcohol can behave like a sedative, increasing relaxed and tired feelings.This is why alcohol helps you fall asleep. However, during the night, as the amount of alcohol in your blood drops, you are likely to wake up.
As a result, when consumed in excess, alcohol can lead to...
MEDICAL XPRESS – A little-known and poorly understood sleep disorder that occurs during the rapid eye movement, or REM, stage of sleep has been garnering attention for its role in foreshadowing neurodegenerative brain diseases such as Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.
The disorder, known as REM sleep behavior disorder, or RBD in the medical field, affects around 1% of the general population worldwide and about 2% of adults over 65.
The Conversation talked with...
MDPI Blog– Sleep has a huge influence on our physical and mental health. Insufficient sleep is related to many chronic health problems, including heart disease, depression, diabetes, stress, and much more.
Not only this, but oversleeping has also been shown to negatively affect health or at least be a symptom of poor health.
It’s a difficult balance to strike. Most research suggests that between 7 and 9 hours is optimal.
With insomnia affecting around 6-10% of the...
MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK – You're not alone if you have trouble falling or staying asleep. Many people struggle with sleep — and that's a problem, since sleep plays a crucial role in your health, energy levels and ability to function at your best.
Most adults require seven to eight hours of sleep each night to feel well-rested and energized each day.
If restless nights have become the norm for you or you find that your...
CNN – Want to live longer? Then prioritize sleep in your life: Following five good sleep habits added nearly five years to a man’s life expectancy and almost 2.5 years to a woman’s life, a new study found.
Study coauthor Dr. Frank Qian, a clinical fellow in medicine at Harvard Medical School and internal medicine resident physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, said:
“If people have all these ideal sleep behaviors, they are...
CNBC – Daniel Erichsen spent about a decade as a sleep doctor, primarily seeing patients who were struggling with sleep apnea and insomnia.
His career took a dramatic turn early last year, when he was fired from his hospital job in Oregon. Erichsen, 42, had stopped prescribing sleeping pills to patients and for the most part refused to refer them for expensive and time-consuming tests that he deemed pointless.
Erichsen didn’t suddenly turn anti-medicine. Growing up...
CNN – If you want to keep your heart healthy, add a good night’s rest to your to-do list, a new study says.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in the country, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Someone in the US dies from cardiovascular disease every 34 seconds.
In June, the American Heart Association added sleep duration to its cardiovascular health checklist, now called “Life’s Essential 8.” These science-based guidelines were created to help...
If you are experiencing difficulties falling asleep, have insomnia, or can’t stay awake during the day, solid data suggests your phone may be the reason why.
Dr. Ratini is a member of the WebMD medical review team and is responsible for ensuring the medical accuracy of WebMD’s news and feature stories. As a family practitioner, Ratini has been seeing patients since 1986.
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As you age, the ends of your chromosomes become shorter. This makes you more likely to get sick. But lifestyle changes can boost an enzyme that makes them longer. Plus, studies show diet and exercise can help...
(CNN) Even dim light can disrupt sleep, raising the risk of serious health issues in older adults, a new study found.
"Exposure to any amount of light during the sleep period was correlated with the higher prevalence of diabetes, obesity and hypertension in both older men and women," senior author Phyllis Zee, chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, told CNN.
"People should do their best to avoid or minimize...
When linked with global weather and climate measurements, sleep-tracking data from wristbands reveal that warmer nighttime temperatures do indeed harm sleep, with unequal effects, a new study claims.