Other studies have
found sleep improvements, better immune system function, and lower rates of stress related disorders in those who spent regular time in nature.
Not exact matches
The figures for non-smokers were much lower and significantly the study
found that those who had given up smoking saw
improvements in their
sleep.
The
findings, published online by the journal Pediatrics, place safer
sleep environments in a constellation of
improvements in prenatal and post-natal health that have resulted in overall reductions in infant mortality, including mortality from SIDS and mortality due to known causes.
A recent study by Drs. Thaler, O'Malley, Weinstein and other colleagues at Penn
found that the TORS approach achieved a significant reduction in the apnea - hypopnea index (AHI)(an index used to assess the severity of
sleep apnea), a significant
improvement in minimum arterial oxygen saturation (the amount of oxygen in your blood that maintains healthy organ functioning), and a significant
improvement in daytime drowsiness in patients.
They
found that participants who camped for a week noticed major
improvements in
sleep patterns in circadian biology.
One study — albeit a small one —
found that drinking tart cherry juice resulted in small
improvements in
sleep duration and quality in adults who suffered from chronic insomnia.
Another analysis of
sleeping pill studies from 2007 (financed by the National Institutes of Health)
found that
sleeping pills like Ambien, Lunesta, and Sonata reduced the average time to go to
sleep by just under 13 minutes compared with fake pills — hardly a major
improvement.
From a sample of over 2,600 18 — 85 aged women and men, researchers
found that 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each week gave a 65 %
improvement in quality of
sleep.
Below,
find out how getting an optimal amount of
sleep each night can lead to physical, cognitive, and emotional
improvements during the day.
The study's
findings (that regular yoga practice can effect statistically significant
improvements in
sleep habits) back up a growing number of medical professionals» emphasis on altering our routines, as opposed to taking pills, to correct disturbed
sleep patterns.
«Then again, there's the other subset who
finds even the act of filling out that
sleep diary to be so stressful, they lie awake at night thinking that they have to make it perfect and they have to show
improvement,» says Dr. Abbott.
... Even in just a week I've
found improvement in my
sleep, I had more energy, was less lethargic in the morning, general mood improved, and my anxiety dropped pretty significantly.»
I
found them to be simple to set - up and a vast
improvement over
sleeping on the ground.
This app also studies the moon phases to
find out the impacts on your
sleep cycle,
sleep duration and snooze patterns for
sleep improvement.
In a study that looked at over 1853 students from 12 Victorian schools
found significant
improvements in student
sleep, their sense of safety at school, reductions in bullying, increases in emotional well being and the ability to manage emotions for students who reported lower wellbeing at the start of the study.
• A clinical trial of 49 adults with moderate levels of
sleep disturbance
found mindfulness practices — including meditation and movement exercises — led to significant
improvements to
sleep.
They
found that mindfulness practiced during the workday increased participants» ability to detach psychologically from work during the evening hours — and this increased detachment was a factor in
sleep improvements.
I particularly like the fact that the book uses principles for
sleep improvement that are empirically based, and presents them in a stepwise fashion that users will
find easy to follow.
Possibly, mania is a more purely biologically driven phenomenon than bipolar depression, with onsets more readily attributable to medication inconsistency,
sleep deprivation, circadian disruption, or behavioral activation.21,22,84 - 86 In contrast, social and familial support has been
found to protect against depression in bipolar and unipolar affective disorders, but the role of these variables in manic recurrences is unclear.86 - 88 An analysis of laboratory interactional data from a subset of 44 families in this sample revealed that treatment - related
improvements in family communication skills were more closely associated with reductions in patients» depressive than manic symptoms.56 Thus, manic and depressive symptoms may be influenced by different constellations of risk and protective factors.