Sleep disorders are one of those areas of sleeping that has perplexed medical experts for many years. While we know about the rudimentary aspects of sleep disorders, there are a wide range of issues that still cause doctors and scientists to stumble, even diagnosing them is difficult as most patients...
If you are struggling to sleep and either have or going to use sleeping pills, this might make you rethink your choice. A recent study with around a 1,000 elderly people found that those who began taking the sleeping pill benzodiazepine are around 50 per cent more likely to develop dementia within...
Our modern society struggles with sleep, with the number of sleep disorders on the rise every year. There are a number of reasons that help to explain the increase, from the growing pressures of life through to the number of stimulants that many ingest during the day, from the decrease in exercise...
It may seem obvious but unfortunately too many of us ignore it, sleeping well and regularly can have a wide array of beneficial impacts on your life in general, from your weight and health, through to your mental disposition and success in life. This might sound like yet another of those magical...
It is received wisdom that when you close your eyes at night it is natural to sleep all the way through to morning and anything else is an aberration. So deeply ingrained in us is this belief that when we wake in the middle of the night most of us stress about getting back to sleep as fast as possible...
For centuries many people have read before bed, for many this is still the chosen method of pre-sleep relaxation. However, in the past few decades we humans have invented any number of entertaining devices and mediums with which to focus on before bed. One of the increasingly popular pre bed...
It might seem like virtually everything we do in this world has become a disorder, from being hyperactive as children to worrying too much, doctors and researchers seem to love pinning the word disorder to just about everything as if that explains it. Well, here is a new one, is sleeping in a sleep...
Teenagers and sleep seem to be inseparable, the whole parents trying to wake their teens up for school and failing miserably is a well worn cliché and any parent of a teen knows that it is the truth. However, while for many years it was seen as bad to let your teen sleep too long recent research...
Most children’s books are sweet and caring, most children’s books are written to make children feel safe and cared for, they often filter out the worst parts of the world and exaggerate the nicer parts, and who would want it any other way? The last thing you want is for your young ones...
If you had already thought that letting your teen play video games for too long was not the best idea, and let’s admit it, that would probably be every parent, then you are right. Recent research has shown that as well as all the other issues that come with extensive video gaming, staying up...
Sleep, for many of us it is a wonderful respite from the day, for others, it is a battle, one where they must fight to get to sleep and need to fight to stay asleep. Rather than being a restful time when they can recharge and rejuvenate, sleep becomes a nightmare, a endless struggle. If you struggle...
Everyone dreams, but some people struggle to remember them and believe that they don’t dream at all. Even those people that do remember them will often have a hazy and incomplete recollection. If you want to remember your dreams there are a number of different techniques and tricks you...
On the land and waters that we sleep, we walk, and we live, we acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of these lands. We pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise their connection to the land.