Getting Quality Sleep Impacts Health and Fitness
Health
Getting Quality Sleep Impacts Health and Fitness
2023-11-07 18:26:55
by Jesse Zucker

WASHINGTON — We’ve all woken up feeling groggy and dreading the day ahead. When you’re busy and stressed, it’s hard to get to bed early. Even if you manage an early bedtime, sometimes you can’t fall asleep. The CDC states... Read More

Survey Finds Washington DC Seventh Worst Place to Sleep in US
Health
Survey Finds Washington DC Seventh Worst Place to Sleep in US
2023-02-28 20:20:54
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The nation’s capital is the seventh worst place to get a good night's sleep in the United States, but it's far ahead of other East Coast cities, including Boston, New York, Miami and Philadelphia, according to a new... Read More

Winter Has Consumers Reaching for Melatonin, Other Sleep Aids
Health
Winter Has Consumers Reaching for Melatonin, Other Sleep Aids
2023-01-18 20:44:47
by TWN Staff

WASHINGTON — Web searches for melatonin are up about 36%, suggesting sleep may be harder to come by during the winter months, a new survey from the Sleep Foundation says. The D.C.-based foundation recently analyzed about 18 years of data... Read More

Big Leaguers Embracing Tart Cherry Juice for Inflammation, Sleep Benefits
Health
Big Leaguers Embracing Tart Cherry Juice for Inflammation, Sleep Benefits
2022-09-16 14:51:19
by Dan McCue

Major League Baseball players have rarely been cited as paradigms of good eating. When New York Yankee Babe Ruth, perhaps the greatest of them all to this day, collapsed at a railroad station in Asheville, North Carolina, in April 1925,... Read More

‘Optimal’ Sleep Tied to Better Cardiovascular Health
Health
'Optimal' Sleep Tied to Better Cardiovascular Health
2022-09-02 16:00:35
by Dan McCue

PARIS — Individuals who enjoy an overall healthier sleep at night enjoy a significantly lower risk of coronary heart disease and stroke, according to a recent study from the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research. Studies linking sleep,... Read More

Waking Up Earlier May Reduce Depression Risk
Health
Waking Up Earlier May Reduce Depression Risk
2021-06-01 18:14:27
by TWN Staff

Waking up just one hour earlier could reduce a person’s risk of major depression by 23%, suggests a new genetic study published May 26 in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. The study of 840,000 people, by researchers at University of Colorado... Read More

Half of Americans Are Getting Less Quality Sleep Due to Stress
Mental Health
Half of Americans Are Getting Less Quality Sleep Due to Stress
2021-03-16 21:36:55
by Sara Wilkerson

 As part of National Sleep Awareness Week (March 14-20), ResMed, a leading digital health company, released a survey indicating that over the past year, half of the 1,000 Americans surveyed said stress has negatively affected their quality of sleep. The... Read More

New Studies Stress Importance of Environment in Cognitive Performance
Science
New Studies Stress Importance of Environment in Cognitive Performance
2021-02-04 15:39:57
by Daniel Mollenkamp

Two new studies paint a clear picture of the long-lasting, corrosive effects of poor sleep on the brain by linking neighborhood conditions to memory loss and cognitive performance in adolescents.  The first study found that persistent loud noises and other... Read More

New Survey Suggests Americans are Sleeping Less and Drinking More
Opinion Polls
New Survey Suggests Americans are Sleeping Less and Drinking More
2020-11-03 18:59:21
by Sara Wilkerson

A new survey conducted by ValuePenguin, a data-based personal finance research company, shows that more than a quarter of Americans are getting less sleep and that 1 in 5 are drinking more alcohol as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.... Read More

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