Pros and cons of the top 11 fitness trends
Will "exergaming" help you get into shape, or should you try boot camp or high-intensity interval training instead?
Cutting Risk of SIDS Could Be as Easy as Using a Fan
Hope for Jet Setters and Shift Workers
Sleep Got Your Tongue?
Oh Canada, Get Some Sleep!
Wall Street Got Your Sleep?
The Function of Sleep Not Quite Explained
We finished the last blog in mid-thought. We were talking about REM sleep and the idea of brain plasticity- the rewiring of our brains that take place when we learn new information. A recent study in rats showed that 4 days of REM sleep deprivation decreased the amount of new cells in the part of the brain that is associated with long-term memory, in other words they did not make those new circuits. Another study with...
Sleep In, Save Your Heart
Monday, January 26, 2009
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