Sleep

If you are having sleep problems, whether you are not able to fall asleep, wake up too often, don't feel well-rested when you wake up in the morning, or simply want to improve the quality and quantity of your sleep, try as many of the following techniques as possible:

Before the invention of the light bulb, people slept an average of 10 hours a night. Nowadays, a National Sleep Foundation (NSF) poll found that Americans sleep just under 7 hours per night, on average, during the week and about 7.5 hours on the weekends.

Americans now get about 25 percent less sleep than they did a century ago. This isn’t just a matter of fatigue, it causes serious damage to your body.

A particular sleep profile runs in families and that the sleep profile seems to be fairly clearly associated with an increased susceptibility of family members to suffer from depression. Researchers may actually be closer to learning about the genetics of depression by pursuing sleep as a means of what might be underlying depression's development.

Sleep is absolutely one of the important essentials for good health. You really can't be optimally healthy unless you are sleeping well, and snoring is a very common sleep problem that limits either your or someone you sleep with, ability to sleep well. Fortunately, there are many natural, non-invasive techniques at your disposal before you turn to more radical medical intervention. Here are nine of my favorite strategies.

There is nothing more vital to your health than regular, restful sleep! Every year, science discovers more facts that prove how much our sleeping habits affect every part of our lives.

A lack of sleep affects the eye-steering coordination that’s needed when you’re steering your vehicle.

A quick afternoon nap recharges the batteries for a more productive afternoon. In fact, a powernap may be essential when you don’t get enough sleep at night. 

A good night sleep is absolutely essential to stay healthy. Learn simple tricks that will help you sleep better.

Have you ever wondered what makes the muscles around your eyes twitch and flutter from time to time? The answer to this question is relatively simple. And so is the remedy.