Sleep

Less Sleep Linked To Cold And Flu
by eNotAlone.com
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, US came to the conclusion that people who sleep less than seven hours per night have a three times higher risk of catching a cold than those who shut-eye for eight hours or more.

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The Family That Couldn't Sleep: A Medical Mystery
by D. T. Max
For two hundred years a noble Venetian family has suffered from an inherited disease that strikes their members in middle age, stealing their sleep, eating holes in their brains, and ending their lives in a matter of months.

Sleeping Can Make You Slim
Sleep Away the Pounds: Optimize Your Sleep and Reset Your Metabolism for Maximum Weight Loss
by Cherie Calbom, John Calbom
If you're not sleeping enough, you could be at risk for obesity, diabetes, and a host of other troubles. While you're asleep, your body is restoring your energy, resetting your metabolism, and strengthening your immune system.

American Woman's Home
by Catharine Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe
There is no practice which has been more extensively eulogized in all ages than early rising; and this universal impression is an indication that it is founded on true philosophy. For it is rarely the case that the common sense of mankind fastens

Vitality Supreme
by Bernarr Macfadden
Sleep is one of the first essentials in maintaining or in building vitality. There are differences of opinion as to how much sleep may be necessary to health, but that sufficient sleep is required if one wishes to maintain the maximum of energy no one can

The Young Mother: Management of Children in Regard to Health
by William A. Alcott
Not a few persons consider all rules relative to sleep as utterly futile. They regard it as so much of a natural or animal process, that if we are let alone we shall seldom err, at any age, respecting it. Rules on the subject, above all

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
by George M. Gould, M.D., Walter L. Pyle, M.D.
Generally speaking, the length of time a person can go without sleep is the same as that during which he can survive without food. Persons, particularly those of an hysteric nature, are prone to make statements that they have not slept for many days

Why Worry?
by George Lincoln Walton, M.D.
Sleeplessness is due, in the majority of cases, to a faulty habit of mind. The preparation for a sleepless night begins with the waking hours, is continued through the day, and reaches its maximum when we cease from the occupations

Maintaining Health
by R. L. Alsaker
A young baby should sleep almost all the time, and it will if intelligently cared for. Overfeeding is the bane of the baby's life and is the cause of most of its restlessness. The first few months the baby should be awake enough to take its food

A Handbook of Health
by Woods Hutchinson
A most important element in a life of healthful exercise, study, and play is rest. Even when we are hard at work, we need frequent breathing spells and changes of occupation and amusement to keep one part of our muscles, or our brains, from poisoning

Babies Sleep Safest on Their Backs
by National Institute of Health
Health care providers don't know exactly what causes SIDS, but they do know: Babies sleep safer on their backs. Babies who sleep on their stomachs are much more likely to die of SIDS than babies who sleep on their backs. Sleep surface matters.

Benefit of Losing Sleep
by Jeremy G. Schneider, MFT
My heart aches. I have just come downstairs from putting my twin 2.5 year (32 month) olds to bed and my heart hurts. They aren't screaming or crying or calling my name. No, my beautiful children are lying in bed falling asleep silently.

Sleep and Aging : A Good Night's Sleep
by National Institute on Aging
Older adults need about the same amount of sleep as young adults - between 7 - 9 hours each night. But older people tend to go to sleep earlier and get up earlier than they did when they were younger. And they may nap more during the day.

Insomnia : Frequently Asked Questions
by Women's Health Information Center
Insomnia can cause problems during the day, such as excessive sleepiness, fatigue, trouble thinking clearly or staying focused, or feeling depressed or irritable. It is not defined by the number of hours you sleep every night. Although the amount of sleep

Sleep and Your Family
by SAMHSA
Are you tired of feeling tired? If so, you're not alone. Many Americans don't get enough sleep. But you may not know just how much sleep - or the lack of sleep - affects you and your family.

Tips for Better Sleep, Kids and Sleep, The Stages of Sleep
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Doctors use an all-night sleep study to make a definitive diagnosis of sleep apnea. During the test, sensors are attached to the head, face, chest, abdomen, and legs. The sensors transmit data on how many times the person being tested wakes up, as well

How Well Are You Sleeping? : Sleepy During the Day, Snoring
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Feeling tired every now and then during the day is normal. But it's not normal for sleepiness to interfere with your routine activities. For example, you shouldn't be dozing off while reading the newspaper, during business meetings, or while sitting

How Well Are You Sleeping?
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Can't keep your eyes open? Not getting enough quality sleep can have serious consequences. Here are tips for spotting and solving sleep problems. Sleep deprivation and fatigue have long been issues for professions that have traditionally held long work

Good Night's Sleep: Medicine and Simple Routines Help
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Like a headache or fever, insomnia may be a symptom of another problem. It can result from something as simple as anticipating a stressful event, like a test or meeting, or from a longer-lasting stressful circumstance, such as a sick child or troubled

Help For the Sleepless
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Should you try a nonprescription product to help you get some shut- eye? Or are you better off consulting a doctor or trying some non- drug tricks for the tired? This first article in a series on over- the-counter medicines may help you decide.