1 in 3 adults suffer from insomnia, which can be caused by many factors including stress and worry. There are various steps which can be taken to try and combat this illness. Insomnia happens when a person is unable to get to sleep, stay asleep or get a decent nights sleep. It can be caused read more »

Experts are recommending that poor sleepers don’t excessively use electronic equipment whilst winding down for bedtime in a bid to prevent sleep disturbances. According to a recent survey conducted in America, individuals who use mobile phones and computers just before bedtime could be sacrificing a good nights sleep. Though the survey does not provide exclusive read more »

A recent study has found that three in 10 men complained about their partners snoring compared to just two in 10 women. The study, which involved 14,000 couples found that 30 per cent of male participants complained about being disturbed and kept awake by their partners snoring, compared to only 20 per cent of women. read more »

According to Warwick scientists, a long period of sleep shortage can increase the risk of developing heart disease by up to 48 per cent. The scientists followed up evidence taken from over 475,000 participants from eight different countries including Japan, the USA, Sweden and the UK. From analysing the data they found that the majority read more »

According to a recent major report over a third of Brit’s suffer from insomnia, putting them at an increased risk of developing relationship issues and mental health concerns. The survey which was conducted by the Mental Health Foundation and involved 5,300 individuals, found that 60 per cent of the adults questioned admitted to having sleep read more »

In a study involving 48 volunteers aged between 18 and 39, researchers found that sleep loss was worse for those considered ‘extroverts’. The study itself involved splitting the volunteers into two groups following a personality screening which defined whether they were naturally introverts or extroverts. The volunteers were then kept awake for 36 hours, in read more »

According to recent research, in the past year one in five workers has felt so exhausted from lack of sleep they have called in sick to work, costing businesses an estimated £1.6 billion a year through sick leave, reports the Daily Mail. A poll of around 10,000 individuals found that when worn out, workers are read more »

A survey of 3,000 adults, carried out by bed firm Slumberland has found that almost three-quarters of Britain’s struggle to get to sleep on a regular basis due to work worries. The results also found that when we do eventually fall asleep, one third of us dream about our jobs at least twice a week, read more »

Though sleeplessness and insomnia usually start as isolated problems in their own right, often they can develop into bad habits and continue once the initial cause is long gone. If you are having difficulty sleeping at night and have explored options such as herbal remedies and sleeping aids to no avail then hypnotherapy is an read more »

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 »