This article from The Australian highlights recent research into the benefits of a good night’s sleep on memory and brain function. As more and more research points to the health benefits both short and long term of a good night’s…
Top of the list of items you should never scrimp on is… Mattresses. We couldn’t agree more. You spend 1/3 of your life sleeping – invest in your health and wellbeing. Read the article below for the list of other…
IT’S HARDER THAN ever nowadays for many people to get a good night’s sleep. For some, there is simply too much they want to do in a day, and they can ill afford the “down time” that sleep requires. Many…
RESTLESS nights are causing Aussies to lose more than two weeks sleep a year, according to new research. The findings, obtained by mattress retailer Sleepy’s, showed a quarter of Australian adults wake up on the wrong side of the bed…
The amount of sleep an athlete gets appears to have a large impact on sports performance. Cheri Mah of the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Laboratory has been following the sleep patterns and athletic performance of Stanford athletes for years.…
Athletes need quality sleep to perform their best. Most athletes recognize that rest and recovery is critical for success. Training programs, and schedules will automatically have rest days build into them, and athletes often just know when they need to take a…
ADDICTIONS to technology, early-morning boot camps, more shiftwork and longer commutes are being blamed for a deterioration quality sleep. Australians are increasingly suffering from insomnia and disturbed sleep, even though the average amount of hours we spend sleeping has extended…
Most athletes know that getting enough rest after exercise is essential to high-level performance, but many still over train and feel guilty when they take a day off. The body repairs and strengthens itself in the time between workouts, and…
University of London scientists showed how changes in sleep over a five-year period in late middle age affects cognitive function in later life. The six standard tests measured memory, reasoning, vocabulary, phonemic fluency, semantic fluency and global cognitive status. Between 7…