Most Women know that nothing kills a good complexion like a bad night’s slumber; there’s a reason, after all, that it’s called beauty sleep. If that’s not motivation enough to keep up with your nightly shut-eye, here’s another: doctors are learning that poor sleep habits may make women more vulnerable than men to heart disease and diabetes.

Out of the parents whose kids had allergies, many suffered from lack of sleep, a fact that made it harder for them to function at a high level during the day.

“We have known anecdotally that children are affected by allergy symptoms similarly to adults, but Pediatric Allergies in America offers the first data quantifying the scope of how allergies interrupt a child’s productivity, sleep cycle and daily functioning,” said Dr. Jay Portnoy, president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

For the most sleep deprived section of the population, new parents, there is advice on how a 10 minute power nap can work wonders.

But is this the right thing? The effectiveness of napping varies from person to person. The reality is that some people need more sleep than others. And some of us get by with only four or five hours tops a night. And naps might not be that efficient because you are just getting into it when sleep time is finished.

“SleepTrek3 will make the benefit of sleep study available to many people who would otherwise not have been studied because they would not have met the high criteria to receive a doctor’s order for a full-study in a sleep lab,” said Everett Pizzuti, President and COO of Astro-Med, Inc. “This is a convenient and less costly way of identifying people who might have a sleep problem. It is estimated that around 30 million Americans may have some sort of sleep disorder, and many more of them will now receive screenings with SleepTrek 3.”