Ergoflex blog
To combat depression try fixing your sleep length
12-08-2014If you are depressed then you really need to have a look at your sleep length. Depression strikes many people and while there are many different factors in controlling your depression the research suggests that sleep can play a role.
Music and sleep
09-08-2014You probably think that your days of lullabies are long past. So did we. Until we read this article about the connection between music and sleep and thought, maybe we do need more lullabies in our life. Most parents almost instinctively hum lullabies to their babies when they are trying to get them to...
20 minutes more sleep makes your brain more powerful
07-08-2014Making your brain more powerful sounds like the stuff of sci-fi, right? Maybe not. Maybe it is the stuff of sleep. Yep, all you need to do to power up your brain is to get an extra 20 minutes of sleep (on average anyway). The brain is like any piece of machinery, if you look after it well you will get...
If you want to live longer then do these two things
05-08-2014Do you want to live longer? If the answer is yes, and it will be for most of us, then you need to do these two things... seriously! All you need to do to live longer is eat right and sleep right. While diet may sound fairly obvious, sleep may not stand out as a way of living longer, but it is vital to...
Why you are the worst person to guesstimate your sleep
02-08-2014So you probably think that you are the person most qualified to guesstimate how much sleep you are getting right? Not surprising, but actually you are not.
Ward off cancer with better sleep
30-07-2014It seems that cancer is connected with almost any and every human activity. It seems like almost every time you look at the news you will see a new study linking cancer to something, from Coca Cola to cell phones, from tight trousers to smoking. Well, today will be no different, though this time the...
Using a sleep hack for faster sleep
28-07-2014You know the ones, those people who get on a long distance flight or bus trip and go to sleep straight away. They make it look so easy, yet when you try it the opposite seems to happen, you just lie there, unable to sleep. It turns out that there could be a method to their ability, they may be able to...
Tips to keeping yourself awake while driving
25-07-2014First it is important that we state we do not condone driving while drowsy at all. However, we acknowledge that in the real world sometimes we need to drive when we are tired. It just has to be done. So with that said we thought we could offer you some tips on how to keep yourself awake while driving...
The test that determines whether you're a night owl or not
23-07-2014Are you a night owl or an early bird? There is a very real difference between the two, they are not just cute avian metaphors but describe two particular types of people that have a marked physiological difference.
What is sleep hygiene
21-07-2014What is sleep hygiene you may well ask? The definition given by the National Sleep Foundation is that “sleep hygiene is the variety of different practices that are necessary to have normal, quality night time sleep and full daytime alertness.”
The dangers of sleep deprivation
18-07-2014What does Chernobyl, Fukushima, Deepwater Horizon, Three Mile Island and the recent train derailment in New York have in common? Well, other than all being disasters, they are all partly caused by sleep deprivation. Yip, turns out that behind many of the most famous disasters in history there was a tired...
How to get better sleep when travelling for business
15-07-2014If you travel for business then you know how important it is to sleep well. You want to be at your best, yet travelling, even when you are not crossing time zones, can play havoc with your sleep. You are in a different bed, you have lots to think about, it all adds up to a less than optimal sleep often....
