Sunday Blog

As seasons change you will also feel like your sleep pattern is changing. Your sleep cycle changes with the season. Light, temperature, allergies and time change, affect the human sleep cycle. Melatonin, the hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle is triggered in darkness. You could feel sluggish in cloudy days...

Over the course of night we get different kinds of sleep. Here are the different stages of sleep we pass through. Sleep stage NREM (Non-Rapid Eye Movement)- This sleep state comprises 4 stages of sleep apart from REMS: Sleep stage 1 - Sleep occurring after we wake up is a...

Anything in excess is bad, and that is applicable to sleep as well. Doctors recommend around seven to nine hours of sleep for adults. And sleeping for more than nine hours at night can affect your health adversely, which is a proven fact. Too less and too much sleep are...

Doesn’t it happen to all of us at some point, we hit the sack only to have our minds and hearts racing, thinking of the day gone past or anticipating future obligations. Biggest casualty being the difficulty in falling asleep or risking a disturbed night’s sleep that leaves us feeling...

Research shows, air pollution affects the quality of sleep as bad breathing disrupts the natural rhythm. When the air is polluted there is an upshot in sleep apnea cases as also breathing trouble and air pollution have both been linked to increased risk for cardiovascular disease. With glaring risks, it...