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Pre-bedtime drinks

Everyone knows how caffeine and alcohol can impact on sleep quality, but what about drinks that you can take before bedtime, and ones that even promote better sleep?The selection of herbal and botanical teas available in supermarkets has grown massively over recent years, and there are now a large number...

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Sleeping with dogs

Dogs are pack animals naturally suited to sleeping in groups and most pampered domestic pooches are the epitome of canine cleanliness, however in practice they can prove to disturbing to people when sharing a bed.A 2002 study at the Mayo Clinic Sleep Disorders Centre found that sleeping with dogs and...

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Ergoflex launch Down Under

We are pleased to announce that one of Europe's most revered and highly rated visco-elastic memory foam mattresses is now available to buy in Australia and New Zealand. The Award-winning, Ergoflex '3rd generation' visco-elastic memory foam mattress has proved to be a firm favourite with customers in...

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Study targets Excessive Daytime Sleepiness

A new clinical study into the condition of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) has been announced this week, in a bid to increase understanding and treatment of the disorder. Excessive Daytime Sleepiness is a debilitating condition that ranges from a regular urge to nap to frequent spells of irresistible...

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Brain trauma causes sleep problems - study

People who have suffered traumatic brain injuries may experience difficulty sleeping due to a reduced capacity to produce the hormone melatonin, according to the results of a new Australian study. Looking at the sleep patterns of twenty-three brain trauma patients and twenty-three healthy participants,...

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New babies ‘sponge up data’ while asleep – study

A study of newborn babies has found that they have the ability to learn while asleep. The test, jointly carried out by researchers at the University of Florida and Columbia University, was centred around playing beeps to sleeping babies and blowing a small puff of air into their eyes, which causes an...

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Sleep Tips - Calm your mind

One of the most common problems in getting off to sleep is an over-active mind, perhaps filled with worries, excitement, thoughts about events of the day or perhaps anticipation of the following day. Whatever the reason, when your mind is racing like this it often feels like it’s detached from...

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Sleep deprivation depressing new dads

New fathers are more likely to suffer from depression compared to other men largely because of the sleep deprivation that comes with a baby, it has been reported this week.While post natal depression is a widely-known and complex issue among new mothers, evidence of an equivalent syndrome in men has...

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Teens missing out on sleep

Teenagers who regularly miss out on the required levels of sleep are affecting their daily performance in class and even damaging their cognitive abilities, says a new report. Activities such as working on computers, playing video games and texting on mobile phones as well as sports and workouts late...

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Coffee-break beats a nap – research

The energy provided by a strong cup of coffee beats that of a quick daytime nap, according to new research revealed this week. The study, by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, looked at the effects of caffeine on shift workers who typically didn’t get good quality sleep. The results...

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Sleep duration linked to premature death - study

A new study published in the current issue of the journal Sleep has claimed that regularly sleeping shorter or longer than the recommended 6-8 hours a night could prove to significantly increasing the risk of death. The study involved a large set of data from 16 investigations across the world dating...

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Election worries top sleep poll

Concerns over who to vote for in this week’s General Election are keeping many of us in the UK awake, according to the results of a new poll from hotel chain Travelodge. Closely linked to worries about money, which have consistently been one of the major sleep disturbances in recent years, the...

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