Wednesday, March 22, 2023

sleep

How sleep changes throughout your life

We All Need SleepWe spend about a third of our lives asleep. That’s a good thing. Sleep helps keep our brain, body, and immune system healthy. But from birth to older age, sleep patterns change throughout our life.Newborns and...

Study reveals why 7 hrs of sleep is optimal in middle age

Seven hours is the ideal amount of sleep for people in their middle age and upwards as a new study has found that both insufficient or excessive sleep is associated with poorer cognitive performance and mental health, including dementia.The...

8 hours of sleep may not be necessary, quality matters

You must have heard one should sleep for eight hours, but researchers say that it depends on a person’s genetics. When it comes to sleep, quality matters over quantity. People with Familial Natural Short Sleep (FNSS) prefer to sleep...