Sleep Benefit

One simple decision - keeping our clocks aligned with the natural cycle of the Sun - could save lives, prevent accidents and improve mental well-being

Sleep tourism is a kind of trip where people travel to different destinations for long sleeping periods. These 'Napcations' greatly enhance the physical and mental well-being of people

World Sleep Day is a yearly event coordinated by the World Sleep Society and aims to highlight the importance of sleep and the management of sleep problems

People with poor objective sleep quality exhibit unfavourable physical health indicators, particularly elevated blood pressure, a study has found. Objective sleep quality consists not only of the total sleep duration, but also the amount of the different sleep stages, the duration of wake period, and the frequency of awakenings. Researchers from the University of Tsukuba in Japan conducted a comprehensive study involving 100 adults aged 3059 years by employing electroencephalogram (EEG) measurements to assess sleep quality for five nights at the participants' homes. Electroencephalography is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain. Additionally, detailed health examinations were conducted at a health care facility in Tokyo. Ten sleep parameters derived from the EEG data collected during the five-night home study were used to categorise participants into three groupsnamely, the good sleep group (comprising 39 participants), the intermed

Great sleep is known to be vital to great health, and a survey of late studies displays on the way that vital legitimate rest is for keeping up with heart health

According to a new study conducted by academics at UCL and the University of the Republic in Uruguay, daytime napping may assist to protect brain function by slowing the speed at which our brains shrink as we age.The study, published in the journal Sleep Health, analysed data from people aged 40 to 69 and found a causal link between habitual napping and larger total brain volume - a marker of good brain health linked to a lower risk of dementia and other diseases.Senior author Dr Victoria Garfield (MRC Unit for Lifelong Health & Ageing at UCL) said: "Our findings suggest that, for some people, short daytime naps may be a part of the puzzle that could help preserve the health of the brain as we get older."Previous research has shown that napping has cognitive benefits, with people who have had a short nap performing better in cognitive tests in the hours afterwards than counterparts who did not nap.The new study aimed to establish if there was a causal relationship between ...

The aim of World Sleep Day 2023 is to celebrate sleep, raise awareness about its significance in promoting health

World Sleep Day: A survey conducted on the occasion said that nearly half of Indians link snoring to obesity

Similar results were reported for napping, where daytime nappers had a 32 per cent higher risk of PAD compared to those who did not nap but no causal links were found

The combined entity will have a market share of more than 50 per cent in India's organised mattress space

His business has accelerated three-fold as people work from home during the pandemic and are investing in their health

A report by Fitbit shows that Indians walk an average of 6,533 steps daily, and sleep an average night sleep of just 7 hours 1 minute

Sleeplessness is increasingly becoming a lifestyle disorder

One limitation of the study is its small size - only 45 infants altogether