You might be included in 40% of adult people who get insomnia, a common sleeping disorder in America. Insomnia involves getting difficulty to sleep, waking up and getting difficulty to sleep again, or frequently getting up earlier.

If you experience this kind of sleeping disorder for several days, you might get temporary insomnia. If you experience it for several weeks, you might get short term insomnia. However, this problem will be serious if you experience it every night...

Have you ever felt to get difficulty to think or concentrate? Have you ever felt to get difficulty to find a new idea? Have you ever felt tired to think all duties? Or have you ever felt bored to all duties?

If you have ever felt those kinds of feelings, you can try to have a nap. Indeed, only a few people realize that napping can help reduce the dead risk, especially for healthy young men. This statement is based on a research by Greek scientist. The study shows that napping...

Today, staying up all night has been acceptable life style in the world society. In fact, sleeping at night is important and needed by your body. Sleeping at night also can sharpen your brain power.

This statement is based on a research by Geneva University, Switzerland. The study shows that people who sleep at night have better ability to recall compared to people who sleep less. Indeed, this study still needs a further research, but Dr. Sophie Schwartz concludes that...

Lighting
Having any form of light in the bedroom can affect the pineal glands from producing melatonin and serotonin, compounds in the body necessary for sleep. The room should be pitch black or as close to it as you can get. Turn off the TV and computer, shut the blinds, close the door, and avoid having a lighted alarm clock or cell phone nearby.

Bed
Having a bed that fits your comfort needs can lead to longer, uninterrupted, and better quality sleep. Be sure the...

My wife just commented to me that just by eating dinner about one hour earlier than usual for the past few weeks, she's automatically lost about 2-3 pounds. We normally eat about 3 hours before bedtime, but by the time we finish dinner and have fruit for dessert, it's about two and a half hours before we go to bed at 10PM. Even our children now seem less tired and more alert during the day. Although we decided to make this change to increase our sleep quality, my wife's weight loss was...

Spring is in the air, and so are the tree pollens. Millions of people suffer this time of the year from sneezing, scratchy, itchy eyes, nose and throats, nasal congestion and chronic cough. It's also a given that if you have allergies, you won't sleep as well, along with everything from asthma, cough, and sinusitis to diarrhea. So how do allergies cause sleep problems, and in general, and how does it specifically cause or aggravate obstructive sleep apnea?

When Allergies Lead to...

Have you heard about lucid dreaming but are not sure exactly what it is? That was my case a while back when I had heard little bits about having a lucid dream but didn't quite understand exactly what was involved. I thought it sounded interesting and I even thought I may have had a lucid dream before and wanted to know more.

I discovered that lucid dreaming is actually being conscious while you are dreaming and therefore able to control exactly what takes place within your dream....

All living things need to take a rest after doing some activities, because those activities use living cell tissues, so there must be tissue damage. In this case, taking a rest can repair the damage.

During you sleep, your body changes the broken cells with the new ones and wastes excreta and dirty steam. In fact, sleeping is just needed not only by human and animals, but also by plants. At noon, you can see sunflower that opens its sepal and closes it at evening.

Have you ever kept a close watch on the head shape of a person who is snoring when sleeping? Some researchers state that there is a relationship between the head shape and snoring.

Some researchers conclude that person whose head is round has a bigger risk to get sleep apnea or stop breathing when sleeping. He also has snoring habit that is more chronic than person whose head is thinner.

According to Dr. Mark Hans, the manager of Orthodontics in Case Western,...

Melatonin, also known chemically as N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, is a naturally occurring compound found in animals, plants, and microbes. In animals, circulating levels of melatonin vary in a daily cycle, thereby regulating the circadian rhythms of several biological functions.

Melatonin is a hormone in every organism with different level, depending on his level cycle and light shelf in his body. This hormone is produced by pineal gland in human brain. It is useful to know...