The study suggests that rocking does indeed have an effect on our ability to fall asleep -- as well as on the quality of the sleep itself.
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More research has come out showing that training long, slow distances can actually increase your cortisol levels for an extended period of time, bringing your body into a fat-storing state.
Regardless of your destination, simple preparations for a good night's sleep can head off any disturbance in your usual sleep schedule.
Steven Spielberg recently made his case for Super 8. In the spirit of less-is-more, I make mine for Super 6: the list of six factors most likely to add years to our lives, and life to our years.
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh tested a treatment known as Brief Behavioral Therapy Intervention (BBTI). BBTI is just what it sounds like: a short-term, highly targeted course of counseling, targeted at changing a person's behaviors.
Unfortunately, if you're one of the 50 million Americans who snore, sharing close quarters with extended family and friends can not only be embarrassing, but put a damper on the entire vacation.
Your body may be dead tired and ready to collapse, but your mind may be ready to go a few more rounds.
Sleep is sort of like Goldilocks -- you don't want too little, and you don't want too much. What number is just right?
Why is sleep the missing link for weight loss? I've got one word for you: hormones.
Not surprisingly, relentless waking is seductive and, arguably, addictive. It's highly valued, strongly encouraged and considered normal, if not exemplary, in our world.
Difficulty sleeping often points to underlying issues, even ones that seem to be unrelated to sleep -- such as impotence and erectile dysfunction.
The issue of women and sleep has particular significance. Why? It's simple: women are the gatekeepers for all health information in their households. "Doctor Mom" is not just a cute term; it is a reality in most families.
Over the past two decades, important actions have been taken to make women's health a national priority. Now let's build on this success by working together to ensure a healthier future for women in the years ahead.
After committing to my new sleep habits, I began to see a huge change in only a few weeks.
Most of these fad diet plans are ineffective (and some of them seem downright dangerous), and they all overlook one important aspect that can affect what and how much we eat: sleep.
Transforming your bedroom into a safe haven can have a major impact on improving your health and well being. The good news is creating a healthy bedroom is pretty simple.
n light of my ongoing sleep-related issues, I'm always interested to read up on the latest research on sleep. Here are five new facts about sleep culled from studies over the past year.
We each have one reservoir of will and discipline, and it gets progressively depleted by any act of conscious self-regulation. So if you spend energy trying to resist a fragrant chocolate chip cookie, you'll have less energy left over to solve a difficult problem.
Restricting the time that you have in bed can be causing you to suffer significant sleep deprivation. And we all know that sleep deprivation has some significant effects on weight loss.
Like our conception of health, which is generally understood as the absence of disease, we naively conceive of sleep as the absence of waking.
Our puritanical culture celebrates surviving on the least sleep, sneers at those who appear to need more and sacrifices sleep -- a fundamental biological need -- in favor of all other activity.
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