Television has been used by some parents to help get their kids to sleep. Watching cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny or Spongebob Squarepants do seem harmless. In fact they are hilarious and keep the kids occupied, not to mention happy. However, a sleep study proves otherwise and point to these late night TV shows are potentially violent en route to kids getting nightmares.

A new sleep study out of the Seattle Children’s Research Institute shows wee ones between the ages of 3 and 5 experienced more nightmares, tiredness during the day and trouble waking up when they watched violent shows or when they were on the computer or watching TV after 7 p.m. This was reported at Good Morning America.

The researchers went through sleep diaries kept over a week from parents who took note of their child’s sleep patterns and behaviors. Watching TV or using a computer on an average of 73 minutes per day with seemingly harmless cartoon characters account for violence.

For the parents, you may want to rethink your sleep strategy for your kids. They may be causing more harm and trauma rather than help for your little one/s.

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The moment it realizes the person in the driver’s seat appears to be sluggish or sleepy, it will activate bright red lights and highlight some nearby coffee shop with the help of car’s in-built satnav. The device can reportedly paired up with smartphones to help answer calls safely when driving.

The Denso Passenger Eye remains a concept for now but surely serves a legitimate and life-saving purpose.

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There is a new app for the iPhone or iPod Touch that was made to help the sleep deprived folks and it goes by the name of the Sleeping Pill 1.0. This is a new app that is said to provide people a good night’s sleep where three stages to accelerate tiredness of users are used.

Stage 1 clears the mind so you can relax and free yourself to fall asleep, stage 2 helps users to relax and relieve stress. Finally stage 3 helps your eyes to tire by getting users to follow a “Z” across the device screen in a specific pattern. The app is now available at the iTunes app store for $0.99.

(Source) PR

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If the demand for anti-snoring devices these days is any indication then perhaps the figures can likewise show the swelling number of people who are suffering from serious sleep apnea and snoring problems. The main causes of sleep problems have been directed to the people who have failed to watch their weight and abused their body.

Food, a usual necessity has gone out of bounds and people these days tend to use meals or snacks as a means of making up for lack of sleep. Ordinarily, we do need energy in our bodies to continue our daily tasks but while it is a temporary solution for such cases, all of this will eventually catch up when we reach the old age.

If you will notice these days, a lot of the old folks need support like bedside anti-snoring devices for them to avoid health risk complications that may affect their cardio and respiratory systems. In worst cases, it may even lead to death if they are not careful.

There are records to support these claims. In fact you can just see it in the headlines these days. You can just check out this report from Florida where anti-snoring device demand is increasing today.

Doctors in the central Florida town say their community is at the forefront of a national trend that has made the devices one of Medicare’s fastest-growing medical equipment expenses, up 96% nationwide since 2004.

The booming sleep industry and an aging and increasingly obese population have prompted greater use of the devices, which treat sleep apnea, a condition that causes snoring, brief breathing lapses and tiredness.

“As we get older and as we get fatter, we have more sleep apnea,” says Juan A. Albino, a pulmonologist and sleep specialist in Lady Lake.

(Source) USA Today

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