With the hopes of providing sleep-deprived consumers better sleep, Serta together with the National Sleep Foundation have redesigned their flagship mattress called the Perfect Sleeper based on feedback from the NSF and sleep-deprived customers.
Among the sleep issues mentioned included tossing and turning; lack of support; sleeping too hot or too cold; partner disturbance; and mattress roll-off or sagging. After taking into consideration all these issues, the n
Gadgets and devices are awesome but they don’t seem so hot if you sacrifice sleep for them. Being infatuated with latest devices like the iPad or even a netbook, it is a fact that we have foregone sleep in lieu of them since we seem to be very much infatuated with their functions.
And through a poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation, it was found that about 95% of Americans use these devices an hour before bedtime and potentially wrecks a person’s body block. Did I say an hour before? For so
Sleeping on the job seems to be imminent for most workers. In fact, a recent survey by the National Sleep Foundation shows that 30% of workers fall asleep while at work while 65% have trouble concentrating due to lack of sleep.
Ben and Jerry’s in Vermont may have a solution in the form of a work place nap rooms made for employees. They allow their employees to snooze but is not a permanent solution for employees who lack sleep. Further, there is that possibility that employees may abuse such a privilege.
This month, the Atlanta Snoring Institute is celebrating their first year anniversary. Founded to aid specialty snoring treatment back in August, 2009, the people behind ASI are committed to provide the latest snoring and sleep apnea treatments for the Atlanta area.
Snoring is a sleep depriving problem affecting 40% of men and 23% of women according to the National Sleep Foundation. Many couples sleep apart due to loud, habitual snoring. This can lead to a lack of intimacy and disharmony in the re
Sleep deprivation is something obviously hurting people nowadays and it seems that these findings by the National Sleep Foundation may open more eyes than usual. From an average sleeping time of 9 hours, Americans are sleeping just 6.9 hours per night.
This represents a two hour drop per night since the 19th century, one hour per night over the past 50 years, and about 15 to 25 minutes per night just since 2001. A number of health factors can result from this, including heart problems, obesity a
Some of them may be familiar but these are perhaps they key points why the number of sleep deprived people and insomniacs in the world today are growing. Apparently, they may sound too basic but they do have a great bearing on why sleep-deprived people are finding sleepless nights to go by.
The next time you go to bed, consider these things. Sometimes it all boils down to routine. Changing some of them may eventually lead
Sleep can affect us in more ways than one and apparently health is the primary standpoint that we have to look after. It is not merely being able to sleep at the right amounts but also making sure we do not oversleep since it has dire consequences affecting our human anatomy.
Such has been proven by the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to which an estimated 50 to 70 billion people suffer from s
