Sleeping

From AI-enabled mattresses and pillow menus to sleep therapists, restful nights are big business

While mattresses and accessories continue to be the highest contributors to the revenue, furniture now commands 30 per cent of the business

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 ...

An imbalance of unhealthy and healthy microbes in the intestines may contribute to weight gain, high blood sugar, above-normal cholesterol and other disorders

About one-third of the people in the world suffer from sleep disorders which is mainly caused by a sedentary lifestyle, medical experts said

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

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

They add short-term sleep extension improves response time and daytime functioning