LightMate Pillows

We all know the relevance of having good pillows to sleep on but the design of these pillows is likewise important. We are used to the standard pillow designs, usually square and colorful concepts that make them great cushion support for various parts of the body or perhaps something to cuddle on to, but when you think about this LightMate Pillow, you may think twice on whether it can truly provide you sleep or nightmares.

The design is not all that appealing. Unless you live in the extreme or ignorant side of life, chances are you may have trouble sleeping with it. But as long as you can sleep, perhaps it won’t matter. Well that depends on who is sleeping with these LightMate Pillows by their side.

Designed by artist Francesca Lanzavecchia, NightMates are “soft anthropomorphic pillows and warming lamps” that are supposed to keep you company (and comfy) at night. They come in different sizes, depending on how much anthropomorphic love you need, but you might wanna stick with the smaller ones that are more like Glo-Worms—the full sized ones are more than a little creepy, like something that slithered off the cover of one of my roommate’s NSFW manga collection to do wrong things to you while you sleep.

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One can just imagine how if feels to sleep in a coffin. Eerie and gross as it may seem, it looks highly improbable to convince people to try it. But for people in Malaysia, there is more to sleeping in coffins than getting respite. It is a form of getting rid of bad luck, something that most of us surely want to do especially if you are that superstitious.

The daily reported that the devotees believed that by following the ritual, their families would be blessed with prosperity and good fortune.

The ritual was common in the old days but temples in Malaysia rarely carry out such ceremonies now as coffins are still considered “not a very good thing” by the community, the daily reported.

(Source) The Star Online

Though it seems this has been a traditional practice, it makes you wonder if you can truly sleep in a coffin or on the other hand, get nightmares from doing it. Well that is culture for you, something that differentiates each race today.

If you want to be assured that your child goes to sleep whenever its night time in their room, get rid of the intangibles that pose as a temptation and distract from them to sleep.

We all know that providing necessary recreation and entertainment are important in setting the right ambiance and to keep our kids away from potential vices like staying out late but you have to know where to draw the line.

The presence of a television or computer pose as a sleep obstacle considering kids may be tempted to watch TV or use their computer to play games and log on the Internet. But as a whole, the matter of knowing when to stop is a problem for kids these days.

So unless you want your kids to join the growing number of insomniacs and sleep deprived people in the world today, think twice on where you put the television set and the family computer for health reasons.

(Source) Medical News Today

Perhaps it is not surprising why Discovery Health is listed among CRF’s Best 50 Employers portfolio since it makes sure that it takes care of its employees, even if it means providing them sleep bonuses.

A lot of companies could do well to see the Sleep Quest program that Discovery Health has brewed up, believing more on health rather than reprimanding and branding employees on laziness. Sleep is an essential part of productivity and hence is an obvious advantage if you get well-rested employees manning the various stations of your business empire.

The initiative, created with under-performing employees in mind, offers selected staff the option of having a nap in exchange for overtime hours worked. According to the scheme – dubbed ‘Sleep Quest’ – for every hour of overtime, the employee will receive a 30-minute sleep credit, or ‘Nap Scrap’.

The employee has the choice to use his or her 30-minute Nap Scrap immediately, or accumulate several Nap Scraps and use them for a longer sleep. However, employees can only utilise a maximum of four hours total sleep time at one time, after which they begin again with zero credit.

(Source) TheTimes

At times during your sleep, sudden movements caused by muscles can cause you to get up and stay awake. Leg movement may occur at times, normally even without our knowledge. Muscle reactions or perhaps even low in some nutrients such as iron are causes which may eventually become factors in depriving you of your sleep mainly because they are bound to bother you as far as restful slumber is concerned.

Hence it is not surprising why PLMS is associated with Insomnia. But it would be likewise worthy to note that African-American suffer from this less mainly because of their higher iron stores and a good explanation to racial differences between other races.

Should you be among the people who are suffering from such, it would be wise to get yourself checked for assistance. Do not take such events for granted and wait for it to worsen into something graver than insomnia that may lead to dilapidating health in the long run.

According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, PLMS involves uncontrollable, repetitive muscle movements such as extending the big toe or bending the ankle. These frequent movements occur in one or both legs during sleep and often result in brief arousals, and in some cases, full awakenings from sleep.

The AASM also reports that low brain iron may play a role in worsening PLMS. According to the authors, studies demonstrate higher iron stores in African-Americans, providing a possible explanation for the racial differences found in the study. The results also are consistent with previous findings of racial differences for PLMS in children as young as five to seven years of age, suggesting that the racial differences found in adults may be present from an early age and pointing to potential genetic factors.

(Source) Science Daily