Tag Archive for 'health_risks'
Female Hypertension due to Lack of Sleep
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung September 7th, 2007 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Issues.
Bypassing the need for the usual quality sleeping hours among women may more or less be a prime cause for health risk problems. Hypertension and rising blood pressures are the leading contenders for providing health risks to the female species and if women are not careful, they may find themselves more at risk rather than being proactive and helpful.
“Sustained sleep curtailment, ensuing excessive daytime sleepiness and the higher cardiovascular risk are causes for concern,” study leader Francesco Cappuccio, of the University of Warwick’s Warwick Medical School, said in a statement. “Emerging evidence also suggests a potential role for sleep deprivation as a predictor or risk factor for conditions like obesity and diabetes.”
Source: Sleep-deprived women at hypertension risk
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Being a Workaholic is NOT All Good
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung July 15th, 2007 in Health Issues, SLEEP Psychology, Sleep Disorders.
While most people feel that the road towards career success is through working tirelessly, it will come to a point where loss of sleep will catch up on them. Loss of sleep is synonymous to health abuse and thinking that bodies can withstand and take the added fatigue and stress without proper respite is entirely dangerous and risky.
A lot of workers use this workaholic attitude to speed up their promotion with their respective companies. Although in the real world this is true, it also speeds up their prone towards different health risks such as obesity and heart disease. It will reach a point where over-fatigue will lead towards needing medical aids and supplements to withstand the loss of proper care for the human body. Hence, the need to re-evaluate the rate of living among people is something that should be looked upon twice.
Here is a good article to read upon for superficial understanding of this issue on the Herald Sun: Heavy Price of Lost Sleep
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Menopause may Lead to Sleep Apnea
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 27th, 2007 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, SLEEP Psychology, Sleep Disorders.
Menopause is a common disorder that is immediately associated with women who go past their prime of reproductive proceedings. Usually, women who hit the age of 50 to 51 would be susceptible to mood swings, hot flashes and fatigue. Overall, these would be immediate symptoms of sleeping disorders. Hence, menopause having most of these symptoms would most likely be a clear state that will lead to the same sleeping disorder that women would encounter today.
Snoring among women at this age is a sign of abnormalities in breathing. While they can be immediately associated with fatigue, the fact remains that it is part of the stage and process. For women who may find themselves in such a state, it would be better to seek medical evaluation. The health risks involved in such should be thoroughly evaluated and at that prime age, anything of the medical aspect may be key towards continuous healthy living.
Further reading: Menopause may cause Sleep Disorders
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Breathing Cycles during Sleep
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 21st, 2007 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, Sleep Disorders.
Many people are not aware that even in their unconscious state of sleep, there are various factors to consider such as that of breathing and the state of the heart. Most will be unaware that the impact that such factors would have on the human body are very much important. For some, it may become a difference between determining the overall well-being of a person and that of potential health risks which may come up when they are supposedly resting their laurels.
To date, the only way to be able to determine if something is indeed wrong with a person is by resorting to medical attention. There are gadgets that can help determine the overall healthy state of a person through them and it would be wise to be alert of such. In some cases, taking such health concerns for granted may eventually become vying factors that can spell the difference between life and death.
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Coffee Keeps you awake for a Specified Period
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung May 17th, 2007 in Health Issues, Sleep Myths.
Many have been educated that coffee can be able to keep them up, but not entirely since caffeine can only take effect for a certain period of time. Caffeine intake may be good for the human body but will have its usual limitations. Too much caffeine will have its effects on the body and people may find themselves being too hooked on to it that it will go as far as affecting their usual health habits.
Coffee has been a known stimulant to keep people awake. Coffee does get the job done, but it also depends on the people taking it. There are some people who cannot even understand the impact that it would give in some cases. Some use it as a psychological effect and nothing else.
The question perhaps running in the minds of many is on why some people want to stay awake. Some need to be awake most of the time to carry out their duties. While health risks may be involved, it is not bad to be up most of the time. But continuous abuse will take its toll at some point in their lives.
People need to consider their internal human systems to be able to function well and carry out the expected work from them. That is a reality that elements such as coffee cannot even make up for once they have been damaged.
Here is a good reference article to read on further: Caffeine - The Stay-Awake Drug
Photo courtesy of Koffee Korner.
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