Tag Archives: deprivation

Some highlights from Professor Espie’s live chat on The Guardian website

January 31st, 2011 | 2 Comments

Our very own Professor Colin Espie shared his wisdom in a live chat session on The Guardian website last week.  The Prof’s sleep advice was very much in demand – more than 200 people submitted their sleep questions! There were some great questions, covering everything from bedding, to nightmares to severe... Read on ›

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Mental Health Foundation report reveals impact of poor sleep on health and happiness

January 27th, 2011 | 1 Comment

A new study released by the Mental Health Foundation and based on figures from our Great British Sleep Survey, shows that up to 30% of Brits suffer from insomnia. While sleep problems are often considered a “minor irritation”, this report highlights that sleep disorders put sufferers at significantly greater risk of developing... Read on ›

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Sleep is the secret to success

January 23rd, 2011 | 2 Comments

Famed journalist Arianna Huffington (co-founder of The Huffington Post news website) has revealed her secret to success.  And it’s more simple than you would think – sleep! In a recent speech at a TEDWomen event, Arianna spoke of the time she fainted from exhaustion and hit her desk on the way... Read on ›

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Doctor, are you too tired to perform my surgery?

January 4th, 2011 | No Comments

One would like to think that when you go in for an operation, your doctor is in tip top shape – healthy, well-rested and primed to make you all better.  But that may not always be the case… A recent editorial piece in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses how... Read on ›

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Are you making these sleep mistakes?

December 29th, 2010 | No Comments

For some people, sleep just comes naturally and they have no problems.  For others, sleep can be a struggle and it takes a real effort to get enough.  If the latter sounds like your situation, here are the sleep mistakes you need to avoid… We recently came across this article which... Read on ›

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Beauty sleep really does make you more attractive

December 20th, 2010 | No Comments

“Tired?  Turns out you’re probably ugly too…” Well, that headline from an Australian newspaper really says it all! A recent Swedish study compared photos of people when they were well-rested with photos of them when they were sleep deprived.  These photos were shown to a group of untrained participants, who consistently judged... Read on ›

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Married people miss out on 730 hours of sleep each year!

November 17th, 2010 | No Comments

Yep, that’s how much sleep you are potentially missing out on if you’re married! According to a recent study, husbands and wives are deprived of about two hours of sleep every night because of their partner’s tossing, turning and nighttime noises. Two hours a night doesn’t sound that bad, but it sure... Read on ›

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Which country is the most sleep deprived?

November 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Our Great British Sleep Survey has shown that us Brits don’t all sleep very well, but a recent global study has shown that American, French and Taiwanese people are the most sleep deprived. The study by Amsterdam-based Philips Center for Health and Well-Being found that stress and staying up late were... Read on ›

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What happens to Katy Perry when she’s tired?

November 11th, 2010 | No Comments

Lack of sleep affects us all in different ways.  Some people get emotional, some people turn into blank-eyed, monosyllabic zombies.  And Katy Perry, well she’s just a bitch… “If I don’t get eight hours of sleep a night, I’m a bitch,” Katy recently said in an interview. Thanks for sharing, Katy.  For... Read on ›

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It happens to the best of us…

October 29th, 2010 | No Comments

>> Check out the blog where we sourced this image (The name of the blog contains swearing…don’t say we didn’t warn you!)

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