A new study by Stanford University health researchers shows that “sleep drunkenness” is less rare than previously thought. In fact, it’s now believed that up to one in seven Americans is affected by the condition. Sleep drunkenness is also known as “confusional arousal” and it causes people to wake up in a highly confused state. […]
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As crazy or far-fetched as it might sound, restless legs syndrome (or RLS) is a genuine medical condition. In fact, medical research estimates that roughly 10-percent of the American population suffers from the strange, creepy-crawly symptoms of RLS. Here are ten firm facts about the rather twitchy condition known as RLS… 1. RLS is No […]
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Approximately 70 million Americans suffer from one sleep disorder or another. Sleep disorders are characterized by any conditions that prevent a person from getting restful sleep. The dangerous part isn’t the actual sleep loss, but the dysfunction it causes during the waking hour when we are operating motor vehicles, work-associated machinery, and so forth. Here […]
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The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is warning those who take insomnia drugs before bedtime to lower the dosage. The recommendation is prompted by the fact that insomnia drugs taken at night can impair alertness and safe driving up until the next morning’s commute. New data on prescription insomnia treatments marketed under the brand names […]
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According to research performed by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the use of electronic devices close to bedtime can be detrimental to sleep. The study found that exposure to artificial light in the blue end of the light spectrum – the type of light which is emitted by laptops, smartphones and tablets – inhibits the production […]
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