Is Your Lack of Sleep Killing You?

Is Your Lack of Sleep Killing You?

by | Jun 7, 2019

We spend a third of our lives asleep, or at least we should do. Plenty of us don’t get that magic eight hours every night and we find ourselves stumbling on through the next day anyway. But it turns out that we can’t keep pushing ourselves like this forever....
The Physical Damage of Snoring

The Physical Damage of Snoring

by | Jun 5, 2019

Snoring is sometimes seen as a bit of a joke problem, something that is irritating to our sleeping partners that we aren’t even aware of. But scientists from Umea University in Sweden have just concluded that snoring can do real physical damage too. For their study...
Weird Sleep Apnea Myth Busted

Weird Sleep Apnea Myth Busted

by | May 18, 2019

Sleep apnea is notoriously difficult to self-diagnose since you are, by definition, not awake when the breathing pauses occur. Similarly, snoring is often associated with sleep apnea but it’s not a clear diagnosis. Researchers have always believed that daytime...
Snoring Causes a Sudden Death in Healthy People

Snoring Causes a Sudden Death in Healthy People

by | Apr 23, 2019

A new study published in the journal ERJ Open Research sheds some light on a baffling question. Why are healthy people all over the world dropping dead from a heart attack without any sign of heart injuries or abnormalities? And the only sign that something is wrong...
Unusual Tea Lowers Blood Pressure and Helps You Sleep

Unusual Tea Lowers Blood Pressure and Helps You Sleep

by | Apr 14, 2019

Imagine this. Your doctor has prescribed a diuretic for blood pressure and a sedative for anxiety. You are frustrated that the answer is limited to drugs and doesn’t consider natural treatments. But there is a solution, and this natural treatment has the exact same...