Getting a good night's sleep

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It’s best to start a bedtime routine as soon as possible with your baby. As young as 6 to 8 weeks, your baby can benefit from establishing a bedtime routine. Having a nightly pattern will allow your baby come to appreciate the consistency. Knowing what’s coming next helps your baby to relax. Being relaxed helps [...]

The Importance of Sleep Sleep: it is quintessential to our lives. Every human being has the major basic functions in common. One of these vital necessities is the need to sleep. Though we all have different sleep patterns, sleep different amounts, and the quality of our slumber varies greatly, sleep is literally necessary to stay [...]

A new study undertaken by researchers in the UK and Italy suggests that abnormal sleeping pattern may result in an increased risk of premature death. The research took data from studies across Europe, the US and Asia over 25 years, covering more than a million people and over 100,000 deaths. There were two key findings [...]

by Stew Smith Sleep – How important is it to those who exercise often (as well as to those who do not)? Scientists have been studying sleep patterns for decades, so there is plenty of research on the importance of sleep in our daily lives. Sleep also affects performance during high intensity training programs like [...]

Sleep is a significant health concern and just as important as nutrition, exercise and stress management. While we sleep at night, we heal and recuperate from the wear and tear of our day. Unfortunately, more and more people find it necessary to cut back on their sleep. The consequences for their health and quality of [...]

The reasons for this are numerous. Many of us find our best or only time to socialize is late at night. Others find nighttime their only time to relax and unwind, or spend time with their children, or pursue their hobbies. Others are so busy and need to accomplish so much that their daytime work [...]

A majority of American adults (63%) do not get the recommended eight hours of sleep needed for good health, safety, and optimum performance. In fact, nearly one-third (31%) report sleeping less than seven hours each week night, though many adults say they try to sleep more on weekends. (from the National Sleep Foundation’s 2002 Sleep [...]

By Sue Shellenbarger A lack of sleep can easily make a child cranky, irritable or unfocused. But can it make your elementary-school child more likely to be depressed or even delinquent? In the latest in a series of expert warnings about the high cost of sleep deprivation, a new study of 140 elementary-school students suggests [...]

just clearing up my email inbox on a relatively free saturday afternoon, and found this article which i attach below for discussion —– A month ago, many of us heard about the sad demise of Ranjan Das from Bandra, Mumbai. Ranjan, just 42 years of age, was the CEO of SAP-Indian Subcontinent, the youngest CEO [...]

The Mystery of Sleep Problems in Toddlers Sleep problems in toddlers are largely related to what is known and seen as opposed to what is not. This translates into many of the sleep difficulties in a toddler being about something that is known or seen by the toddler, or perhaps a past recognition issue. Scary [...]