Recent studies have found that sleeping for less than six hours a night can increase the risk of premature death, reports The Independent. After conducting what is known as meta-analysis (pooling together data which can indicate patterns and trends not obvious in individual studies), on 16 studies involving 1.5 million participants, scientists concluded that there read more »

Having trouble sleeping? You’re not the only one. With today’s busy lives and long working hours we all look forward to a good nights sleep. Sadly though there are many of us who find it difficult to wind down and get into pyjama mode. With our minds clouded with the stresses and strains of work, read more »

Internationally reknowned hypnotherapist Max Kirsten has relased a new app to help those who suffer from lack of sleep, reports Webwire. After being crowned as The Times Newspaper’s leading ‘Self-help’ expert with a special 5-day series on stress, anxiety and sleep and also being listed in Tatler Magazine’s ’Top 150 best private doctors’, Kirsten has read more »

Hypnotherapy can help relive severe non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP), reports the BBC. Severe chest pain is a common problem, yet when it can’t be put down to a heart condition it becomes difficult to treat as the cause is unknown. Despite assurances that there is nothing to worry about, many people are often incapacitated by read more »

A study of babies aged six to 12 months has revealed that their sleeping patterns are affected if the mother had experienced distress during pregnancy, reports The Telegraph. 874 women from Southampton were monitored before and during pregnancy, and the new mothers then reported back on how well their baby slept, including how often they read more »

An article over at The Times today, written by a sleep expert highlights how most sleep problems are caused by worrying. Dr Chris Idzikowski, director of the Edinburgh Sleep Centre writes how important it is to let the brain wind down, and whilst other factors such as temperature, disturbances from children and noise can affect read more »

It’s a typical teenage trait, but staying up late and sleeping until lunch time can cause sleep problems later on in life, reports The Times. Children who stay up late, particularly watching television or playing on games consoles, may cause irreparable damage to their body clocks. Tokyo Medical and Dental University carried out research, published read more »

Psychologist and sleep expert Dr Rubin Naiman has been highlighting the importance of dreams in an article on Times Online. Modern, busy lifestyles means it has become harder for people to dream. Light and noise pollution, and even taking sleeping pills can stop the rapid eye movement which helps stimulate dreams. Dr Naiman says that read more »

Sleep problems, including insomnia, have long been thought to be a side effect of mental health problems, but new research has shown that they could directly cause poor mental health, reports the Telegraph. A condition called sleep apnea, which causes breathing difficulties making it harder to sleep, could double the chance of experiencing depression, studies read more »

The Daily Mail as recently printed an article on their website highlighting another success for hypnotherapy. The article follows Lorraine Fisher and how her struggle with insomnia lead her to a hypnotherapist who helped her finally get a good night’s sleep. Despite her scepticism, Lorrain Fisher went along to Philip Batchelor’s practice in Greenwich, after read more »