In our over-stressed, over-weight, sleep-deprived society, there's a tendency for experts to offer you the latest, greatest, high-tech, and usually expensive advice when you want to get better sleep. From the new Zeo (which measures your brain waves while you sleep), to $3,000 mattresses with reclining features and NASA engineered memory foam, there's an unlimited number of gadgets and devices that promise to give you a better nights' sleep.

But before you consider these expensive...

Our city streets and motorways are generally designed to have features that help prevent accidents, and make it safe for us to drive on. However, what if the problem lies not in the quality of our roads, but in our poor state of mind and body? Stress and fatigue are two major factors which impair our ability to concentrate or make decisions, and these two make for a deadly combination on our streets. Fatigue is among the leading causes of accidents in our roads today.

Fatigue Is A...

Insomnia can be caused by lots of different things. For most of us, it doesn't happen very often but even the occasional sleepless night can cause major disruption in our regular life. So what can be done to overcome insomnia?

1. Cut down on the caffeine

In moderation, caffeine is good at helping us to concentrate and stay awake. But too much coffee and cola can keep your body too active. Because caffeine is addictive, cut down gradually otherwise you run the risk of...

A good night's sleep is worth its weight in gold. You wake up feeling fresh and ready to go, and you manage to remain alert throughout the day. That's the rosy picture, however. You could also wake up from an irregular sleep, feeling drowsy, grumpy and irritable. Worse, you could end up in physical pain, with a stiff neck.

And more often than not, you are likely to be in the latter group. And while you may try everything to get your beauty sleep, including deep breathing...

While purchasing a sleep apnea mask from any CPAP mask retail in Toronto, the fitting of the mask should be your prerogative. The mask should settle snugly over the contours of your face. Note that, as such, there is no distinction between the CPAP masks for men and women. They are universal and the only criterion for selection should be their fit and comfort.
CPAP mask retail in Toronto offers a wide choice in machines and accessories for treating sleep apnea. Thus, choosing your...

Snoring is much more serious than an annoying nighttime distraction. It can be a sign of sleep apnea or some other medical condition. It most certainly has a negative impact on the quality of the sleep experienced by both the person who snores and anyone who has to sleep near that person. Learn how to stop snoring by following these five action steps so everyone sleeps better.

Besides the health risks associated with snoring, it is often the person who sleeps with a snorer who is...

Routine work at home employers, coupled with the pressure of modern life in foreign cities like Hong Kong, making a lot of stress BMI. If exposed to stress, so do not sleep too soundly. It's actually kind of unusual phenomenon occurred. In the United States alone, citing the National Sleep Foundation, 74 percent of adults there having trouble sleeping a few days a week. As many as 39 percent sleep less than seven hours each night, and one in three American men in the daytime...

When most people here hops they immediately think of beer. Hops provide a bitter aromatic flavor to beer. They are used to offset the sweetness of the malt in beer production. Before people began using hops in beer brewing many other herbs and flowers were regularly used for bitterness including dandelion, burdock root, and heather. Hops have a strong antibacterial property and it was noticed that when they were used in beer production the beer would last much longer and not be as prone...

Tired of hearing from your spouse that you're keeping them awake at night? Workout with a set of stop snoring exercises and see how well a trim throat and neck can help you end the misery once and for all.

Only a few years ago, a doctor in Scotland believed she'd discovered a natural way to help her patients stop snoring. By playing a musical instrument that resembled a recorder, she noted that snoring seemed to diminish. She wrote a book about her discovery and continues her...

Possibly it is because women have been brought up with certain notions of what it takes to be feminine and stylish, and snoring certainly doesn't factor into either of those categories. Yet, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), nearly everyone snores occasionally and about 24% of adult women are habitual snorers. Snoring is even more prevalent as women age, and it may increase during pregnancy.

According to the AASM, sleep apnea affects about 4% of men...