Monthly Archives: October 2008

Bluelights to help the Drowsy Worker

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When you find yourself in the office setting, you barely notice the impact that the usual fluorescent lamps have on you. Unknowingly, you fail to realize that it affects various parts of your production that includes alertness and being less sleepy.

Traditionally this was never noticed. But apparently based on studies, the lighting you have at the office or even your home does indeed play a vital role in keeping you awake and productive.

Research carried out at the Surrey Sleep Centre at t

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The Dreaded Daylight Saving Time

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Each year, people have to adjust accordingly towards the daylight savings time. Now that would be easy if you don’t follow a regular sleep schedule. But the truth of the matter is that it can affect some people who have been used to a certain time frame, their body clocks needing to adjust as well.

Considering that we already have our share of sleep deprived people, this is certainly not helping. With people already having trouble adjusting to s

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World of Warcraft Adding to Sleep-Deprived Numbers

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Online gaming has been identified as one of the major reasons why most kids and teens are losing sleep, being glued too much on their computer to play their online adventure games and slug it out with other players from the world. Apparently, this means sacrificing sleep as well, something that has become a concern for parents on the health of their kids.

Blizzard Entertainment cannot be blamed for developing such games. In fact, much of the responsibility is pegged a

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Set Bedtime Rules for you Kids to Sleep Early

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Apparently, parenting can be a nuisance if you don’t know how to handle your kids and get them to bed on time. Especially if they have these distractions such as computer games, gadgets or even have friends over, chances are even you may lose sleep with all the racket that they may be making. So how do you deal with them?

The key is to set some rules when its time to hit the sack. No playing of games or even placing them outside the room towards a neutral place in your h

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The Medieval Approach to Sleeping Safely and Better

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Crime rates and trespassers have been a growing concern and for some people, buying firearms such as guns may not necessarily help in making them sleep better. The point is to have some form of protection in such emergency cases so as far as this is concerned, why not check out this 2-in-1 deal; a bedside table that can be also used as a bat and shield.

This certainly hits two issues with one blow. Bedside tables serve as usual room enhancers or places where you can put jewelry or

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High School Musical Alarm Clock

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Disney’s High School Musical Movie is certainly popular these days as it launches High School Musical 3. To go with that would be merchandise and collectors items and one of them is this iPod Alarm Clock Radio taking the shape of a high school locker.

Obviously serving a dual purpose, this Disney High School Musical iPod Alarm Clock Radio is certain to make an impact and be high in demand as fans and followers of the High School sequels are bound to want great merchandise fro

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Sepracor Invades Europe with Lunivia Sleep Drug

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Though the name may be different, it is still the same old sleeping drug Lunesta that has been named differently once it is approved for distribution in Europe. Sepracor is reportedly planning to penetrate the Europe market to help insomniacs residing here. However, Lunesta is already a familiar brand and perhaps changing it catered towards the Europeans can help ease the impressions that some have seen as negative due to some issues.

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use gave a

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Sleep Well with the Nightwave

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Insomniacs are desperate for resolving their sleep issues and apparently sleep gadgets and sleeping pills are their normal recourse. But other than looking at themselves individually, why not consider the factors such as your room and what goes on when you lie down that may be the reason for not being able to sleep soundly.

Perhaps the Nightwave box can solve some issues in your room. It is a small box that projects a pulsing blue light onto the bedroom ceiling i

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Mumba Dies in Sleep

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Not all of us are perhaps familiar with Mumba, Granby Zoo’s silverback gorilla. Mumba was a one of a kind gorilla, coming close to adopting the human way of living. He enjoyed listening to soft rock and jazz, and watching Scooby Doo cartoons on television.

But similar to most people who reach their old age, Mumba the Gorilla died in his sleep of natural causes at the age of 48 or 90 if you count the human years.

Mumba was

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