Getting under six hours of sleep can increase risk of stroke, a new study suggests. The risk is greatest for employed people of middle to older age who don’t have a history of other stroke symptoms.
Ask any father what their baby’s first few weeks were like and they’ll tell you it was like nothing they’ve ever experienced. Here’s some tips on how to cope, writes David Caren.
Stop what you’re doing! Waking up at dawn to drink egg yolks and punch frozen beef could actually be counter-productive. If you want to compete, sleep is what you need.
Swinging in a hammock is the best way to take a nap, new research shows. Here are some other unusual suggestions that might help catapult you into the land of Nod.
LIKE TO LIE-IN on the weekend? Finally you have a solid justification.
Scientists have discovered that those who enjoy a lie-in over the weekend are powering their brain for the week ahead. Those who return to work after a bank holiday lie-today will be much more refreshed than their ‘early to rise’ colleagues according to the Telegraph.
A single lie-in is all that is required to replenish the brain and boost energy, alertness and attention span after a week of restricted sleep. But how long? The study shows that 10 hours man not be enough for those who like to spend the week partying.
Dr David Dinges, chief of the Division of Sleep and Chronobiology at the University of Pennsylvania, who led the study, said: “The additional hour or two of sleep in the morning after a period of chronic partial sleep loss has genuine benefits for continued recovery of behavioral alertness.
“The bottom line is that adequate recovery is important for coping with the effects of chronic sleep restriction on the brain.”
