Archive for August, 2007
August 30th, 2007 at 01:20am
Under Sleep / Sleep Disorders
Sleeping problems are known to come from different origins. Sleep issues such as sleep apnea and insomnia are no laughing matter. While we all hear about their terminologies from word of mouth or tabloids, it will all boil down to a point where sleep disorder patients will look on to the specialists for help.
Such has been the aim and purpose for existence by Advance Sleep Lab in Los Angeles. Taking on the call for more attention to sleep problem issues today, this advanced lab aims to accommodate the growing number of people who have been suffering from different kinds of sleep-related disorders.
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Health Issues, How to sleep better, insomnia, sleep apnea, Sleep Cures, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Issues, SLEEP Video, sleeping problems, sleep apnea, sleep disorder, snoring, specialists
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August 29th, 2007 at 12:20pm
Under Sleep / Sleep Disorders
For people who do not have access to the Internet, dropping by the nearest Internet café shop is the best alternative they can get. But in Japan, there is an added twist…Café’s are becoming hotels or temporary homes for people who have no real place to live or sleep. These people have been tagged as Net Café Refugees.
This is not to say that people are checking in and out often. There are just a lot of factors such as safety in the streets at night when they are through checking the web. Some work over the web and Internet access is a need. Perhaps this is their cycle; work at the nearest café and pay for the connection used, take a nap and back to work. Now isn’t that something?
“In its first ever study of a growing group dubbed “Net cafe refugees” by local media, the Health Ministry estimated that some 5,400 people live at least half the week at the 24-hour cafes because they have no permanent home.”
Read more of the study here: Over 5,000 sleep in Japan’s Net cafes, study shows
hotels, internet access, japan, sleep, SLEEP News, take a nap
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August 28th, 2007 at 02:00pm
Under Sleep / Sleep Disorders
Call it enthusiasm and excitement whenever a yuppie would get his hands on the latest gizmos or gadgets such as an iPod or a Wii. Sleep will surely be foregone since the important thing above all is to explore extensively these gadgets until they get the hang of it.Hence, “Junk Sleep” is the product of such foregone sleeping patterns. Instead of getting the required 8 hours of sleep, kids ranging between 12 to 16 would usually make do with 4 to 7 hours of sleep, way beyond the necessary respite that bodies and brains would need. The result is of course obvious. Lack of sleep means waking up groggy and having to combine the senses and make sure that they still have sanity and awareness when they are awake.
The Edinburgh Sleep Centre’s Dr Chris Idzikowski warned: “This is an incredibly worrying trend. What we are seeing is the emergence of ‘Junk Sleep’ - that is sleep that is of neither the length nor quality that it should be in order to feed the brain with the rest it needs.
Source: Shattered teens subsisting on ‘junk sleep’
excitement, gadgets, groggy, Health Issues, ipod, lack of sleep, latest gizmos, Sleep Disorders, SLEEP Gadgets, SLEEP News, SLEEP Psychology, wii
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August 28th, 2007 at 02:00pm
Under Sleep / Sleep Disorders
Check out the “secret” preview of Keetsa’s eco-friendly and green mattresses.
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Well, the mattresses should be on sale at our sister site, keetsa.com soon.
Until we do have it on sale, you can check out dirt cheap deals on Back-to-school items at our sister site, Bedzine Mattress Store.
These are great mattresses. They all come with “Green Tea Memory Foam”, which has Green Tea extracts to keep the mattress smelling fresh and you can benefit from Green Tea extracts. There’s also “NanoSilver” technology which kills bacteria. The best feature is that all the mattresses have cedar oil which keep spiders, moths, and other bugs away.
How are our mattresses eco-friendly?
First, we use 100% recycled steel for the springs and more than 75% of all the mattresses are made from recycled or recycle-able materials. Cool huh?
Another way we plan to cut the carbon footprint is by having all these mattressed compressed into a box. We invented a new way of compressing the spring coils at the factory so it fits in a box.
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dirt cheap, eco friendly, Health Issues, How to sleep better, interesting mattress, mattress news, mattress organic, mattress shopping, mattress video, mattresses, mattress store, memory foam mattress, secret preview, Sleep Cures, SLEEP News, SLEEP Video, youtube
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August 28th, 2007 at 02:00pm
Under Sleep / Sleep Disorders
There is a new device in town and it aims to help the people who want to determine the best time to wake up and sleep. It is called the Sleep Phase Alarm Clock, a new gadget that is placed on the wrist of a person which monitors sleeping patterns and supposedly determines the right time to wake you up.Now most people would be relieved by it but the question is, what is the best time to wake up and to sleep? It may address the problem of comfortable sleep, but does it address the problem of insomnia and waking up when needed?
So the question remains, would you leave it up to one gadget to control your sleeping habits? Well all sleep deprived people will try anything for an alternative solution, even if it costs 199 Euros. Just beware of the taxes involved. It may haunt you in your sleep!
Read the Article: Standing on guard against any new Sleep Track Tax
alarm clock, gadget, insomnia, monitors, SLEEP Gadgets, SLEEP News, sleeping habits, sleep deprived, waking up
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August 28th, 2007 at 02:00pm
Under Sleep / Sleep Disorders
Most people who are determined to maximize all means for a cause will resort to anything to make their plans materialize. This includes sleeping outdoors and stressing a point that they are inclined to help the needy and ensure that human rights are equaled as much as possible.
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For 96five’s Liam Renton, Former Bronco Ben Ikin, and Olympic Swimmer Duncan Armstrong, living homeless for a week is worth serving by example. They may choose to forego their purpose of putting up funds but some people are just too darn socially responsible and dedicated to make their cause a reality.
help the needy, homeless, human rights, olympic swimmer, SLEEP Celebrity, Sleep Events, Sleep Issues, SLEEP News, SLEEP Video, socially responsible
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August 28th, 2007 at 02:00pm
Under Sleep / Sleep Disorders
Today, snoring has become something serious and to date, even the celebrities have become desperate when it comes to trying to find the best solution possible in addressing this dreaded snoring problem.Tom Cruise has had his share of trying to resolve the problem but to no avail. Hence, Cruise himself has become overly desperate to seek any means of medicating his snoring problem and breathe properly when he sleeps.
An inside source said: “Tom has got so cross about his increased volume of snoring, he has started using nasal strips. He will do anything it takes to stop and is considering some sort of breathing training to try to get things under control. He has even said he would have an operation if necessary.”
A source also said that Cruise at times has to sleep in a different bedroom because of his snoring.
Source: Tom Cruise’s snoring problem
best solution, breathing training, celebrities, How to sleep better, nasal strips, sleep, SLEEP Celebrity, SLEEP News, snoring, tom cruise
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August 28th, 2007 at 02:00pm
Under Sleep / Sleep Disorders
Remember the 9/11 issue where the whole mind-boggling issue of how the terrorists were able to carry out their plot of terrorism succeeded without being initially foreseen? Well, for one thing, we are all aware of tight security measures in the form of detectors and surveillance cameras are placed in most airports and buildings. But all of these are useless if you are sleeping on the job.
Such is the controversy that is now surrounding further investigations on the level of security measures that countries are implementing in their local airports. The two messengers of destruction were rumored to be seen even before the entire thing happened.
But thanks to some sleepy CIA guys, the result was the claiming of lives and overall destruction to a powerful country that was a picture of vulnerability. All it took was a split second and perhaps the 9/11 issue would have not happened at all.
Source: 9/11 report shows CIA caught sleeping
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August 28th, 2007 at 10:55am
Under Sleep / Sleep Disorders
The bad thing about having to deal with snoring is sleeping beside them and having to deal with that irritating sound. It is a known fact that it is a sign of fatigue or health disorders. Worst, people who snore loud don’t even have a clue that they do snore at all.There are various tips to deal with them and mind you, some are not pretty as many people would think.
Nudge or try to wake them up indirectly has been something that people have done. But broadening the area of patience inside people’s understanding should be done. It is truly hard to deal with them and try to help cure snoring. But then again, there are things to help you inform them that they do snore loudly and pretty much quite irritating.
Here is a good article to read on: Take my advice: Murder not solution for snoring problem
cure snoring, fatigue, health disorders, How to sleep better, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Humor, Sleep Issues, snore, snoring
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August 28th, 2007 at 10:55am
Under Sleep / Sleep Disorders
One thing about going back to school, it is hard to recondition the minds of kids that vacation time over. This of course means that there is no more sleeping late nights or waking up late in the morning. Vacation time is the ringing bell to the ears of most students and once they have to go back to hear it again, this time around it will be most likely during breaks or after another hard day in school.
When kids go home, most of them would hit the sack early or get some short sleeping spells. But then again, they have to condition themselves once more since they have to do homework or review their stuff.
So in all, everything seems very stressful. The primary stages of adjustments will always be hard on the kids for the first few weeks of classes and to get them back to the groove once again, parents or guardians may do well to try and condition them some weeks before classes do start. This includes trying to sleep early and rise from bed early.
Read more here: Five top tips to help kids deal with back to school stress
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