Quality Sleep and Exercise

Quality Sleep and Exercise
Exercise and quality sleep go hand in hand. Keep reading to learn how you can exercise during the day to get more quality sleep time.

Herbal Sleep Aids and Hormones for Adults and Children
Thinking about trying an herbal sleep aid or an herbal remedy to treat your sleep problems? Learn more about how herbs and hormones work as alternative herbal sleep aids.

Insomnia Treatment Options
To continue where we left in our discussion of insomnia, we should start reviewing the treatment options. First, we should address the pharmacologic therapies (both prescription and over the counter medicines) and later on will get to the non-pharmacologic (such as behavioral or psychological methods) treatments.   Before I even start talking in detail about the medications that are used for the treatment of insomnia, I want to...

Driver Fatigue: The Dangers of Driving Sleepy
Driver fatigue and driving sleepy or drowsy can cause car accidents and crashes. Keep reading to learn about driver fatigue as well as truck driver fatigue.

A Good Night's Sleep Could Improve Long-term Memory, UK
Scientists from the Medical Research Council's Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit (ANU) at the University of Oxford have discovered evidence that sleep is important for the stabilisation of memory. In a study published in Nature Neuroscience, Dr Jozsef Csicsvari and colleagues describe how memory traces of the latest waking experiences could be reactivated during sleep, helping the formation of long-lasting memories.

Alternative Sleep Patterns: Polyphasic Sleep, the Da Vinci Sleep Cycle and Uberman Sleep
Alternative sleep patterns, such as the Da Vinci sleep cycle, polyphasic sleep and uberman sleep alter the sleep cycle. Keep reading to learn about polyphasic sleep.