http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/360040/crews-help-person-down-building A man came within seconds of being crushed to death in a compactor truck after falling asleep in a cardboard recycling cage outside a central Hamilton bar. Hamilton Fire Service senior station officer Steve McSweeney said a recycling truck driver had picked up and emptied the cage into hisContinue Reading
What to sleep better? Try sleeping naked http://t.co/2KSQLJWyPw pic.twitter.com/Sj43s9a1ki — PsyPost.org (@PsyPost) October 6, 2015 You’ll look better. When you’re at a nice, cool sleeping temperature, in a deep, restorative stage of sleep, your body releases the anti-aging hormones, melatonin and growth hormone (HGH), which boost cell regeneration, and keepContinue Reading
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11511338 Making people aged under 55 start work before 9am is akin to “torture,” according to one of the UK’s leading sleep experts. Forcing staff to work nine-to-five leaves their bodies exhausted and stressed as a result of sleep deprivation, says Dr Paul Kelley. The Oxford University academic said itContinue Reading
Another thing that keeps me awake is that awful sense, some nights, of ‘what’s the point of it all?’ For this, he recommends something called the Value Focus. He suggests making a mental list on the way home from work, noting three things I’ve managed to achieve that day, howeverContinue Reading
Smartphones and tablets disrupt sleep, in part, because they emit what’s known as “blue” light. This light is picked up by special cells behind our eyeballs, and it communicates to the brain that it’s morning. (Red light, meanwhile, signals that it’s time to go to sleep). All of this blueContinue Reading
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11763743/Struggling-to-remember-something-Have-a-good-sleep-as-researchers-find-it-boosts-memory.html If you are trying to remember something vital you have forgotten, get a good night’s sleep. It is well known that sleep boosts memory, but scientists have shown for the first time it also makes it easier to retrieve nuggets of information that may have got lost in aContinue Reading
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cant-sleep-blame-your-smartphone_559c384be4b0759e2b512009? Your smartphone habit may be doing more than harming your relationships — it could be damaging your sleep and ultimately triggering depression and anxiety. We all know how important sleep is for us to function properly. So it comes as no surprise to find that some people may decideContinue Reading
4 bad habits that sabotage your sleep http://t.co/eQ4FGCjp8A pic.twitter.com/kvb8EqjIDx — Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) July 2, 2015 Scientists at the Sleep Disorders & Research Center at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit found that consuming 400 milligrams of caffeine (equal to two to four eight-ounce cups of brewed coffee) six hours beforeContinue Reading
Getting enough sleep, eating healthy, and doing some exercise are just some of the ways you can get through #grief http://t.co/0dgtYiGW2T — Stephen Bell (@_Youthline) July 26, 2014Continue Reading
