It seems like this news came a little late for me. I always knew that when I did not get enough sleep for many days in a row, I am more susceptible to the common cold, and right now I have been nursing a common cold for a week.

The findings of a new study published in the Jan. 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, indicate that “less than seven to eight hours of solid sleep can lower your (more…)

When news came out in the Dec. 24 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association regarding how an extra hour of sleep can help control coronary artery calcification, a major risk factor for heart disease, I wondered how effective their research was. Don’t get me wrong, a good night’s sleep has many benefits, but how many people get an average of 7.1 hours of sleep per night? The 7.1 hours includes (more…)