World Sleep Day

Before you doze off, Channel 9 compiled a list of 9 tips to get better sleep according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine:

While all stages are essential, deep sleep brings physiological and mental benefits; releasing growth hormone and repairing muscle and bones. REM sleep is ...

onwards, so you can tell your brain that you’re switching off, not eating three hours prior to going to bed,” are significant in the quest for great sleep,” she says. Of course, many of us have trouble switching off, so Nicola’s advice about winding down is vital, and she also says that to move us in the right direction, magnesium and warm baths are of great help. Ask yourself ‘what time should I be asleep?’ With consistency, they’re going to be having a much better output the following day, and a much better sleep the following night. “If you have trouble falling asleep, you want to work on ways to decompress your mind and get more relaxed and alleviate stress. “So, I generally say that if you want to be a sleep champion, get in bed at 9.30 pm,” advises Nicola. “Sleep is a natural biological process that all mammals go through, where the brain is ‘switched off’ for a certain period of time,” says Nicola, who asserts that there is more to this than simply checking off a box. “Or you’ve got a cloudy mind or a cloudy brain, you wake up, you just know that you’ve probably not had the best sleep. “When you nap throughout the day, it takes away from your sleep pressure,” says Nicola. And you feel like, ‘OK, I can conquer the day!’” Since then, Nicola has helped countless athletes and individuals to leverage neuroscience as a way to reach their potential, and says that sleep is one of the most overlooked and yet vital factors for firing on all cylinders. If you nap during the day, you’re not going to be as tired at night.” You feel irritable, you’re finding that you’ve got a short fuse, you’re finding that you’re maybe crying or you’re not having good emotional regularity.”

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There is no doubt that getting enough sleep can help you feel refreshed and active. Lack of sleep can increase cravings for high-calorie and high-fat foods, especially late at night. When you don’t get enough sleep, your body may produce less of the hormone that regulates metabolism, which can lead to slower metabolism and weight gain. On the other hand, when you get enough sleep, you’re better equipped to manage stress, which may reduce the likelihood of Not only can sleep help You may have heard how good quality and quantity of sleep – or a beauty sleep as many call it – can help you improve your skin.

Sleep, a natural superpower, can be more challenging during periods of stress, so how do athletes maximise the benefits of sleep during training, ...

“The first thing people say to you is you’re going to get no sleep, which is going to be a tough one especially when I’m used to 10-11 hours sleep a night. On her way to winning silver at [Rio 2016](https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rio-2016), the first time that any British trampolinist had won an Olympic medal, Page later told Olympics.com she’d only had a few hours sleep the night before. “In fact, even if they were deprived of sleep and food for three days, all athletes performed better in the physical test right after the training camp than how they did just before this tough experience.” [greatest alpine skier of all time](https://olympics.com/en/news/mikaela-shiffrin-sets-new-world-cup-wins-record-are-slalom), [Mikaela Shiffrin](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/mikaela-shiffrin), is renowned for her fondness for sleeping with the moniker of Sir Naps a Lot adopted by her teammates. “I do remember the finals, just being absolutely knackered to the point I had to like change my (preparation). "Maybe I was having too much sleep before.” The first day then focused on physical challenges, while the second centred around mental challenges and techniques. It was just a competition, and I could only control what I could control and try my best. “She’s famous on the World Cup circuit for taking naps, on command, in chairlifts and on the floors of ski lodges,” [wrote Time magazine in 2018.](http://time.com/5127838/mikaela-shiffrin-2018-winter-olympics/) The woman herself posts regularly about her favourite past-time. It worked, although it also likely helped that the pair got a sneaky upgrade to business class for the London to Tokyo leg of the trip. “Day 1 on holiday and I have a sleep like this!!!” James captioned the post. Olympics.com investigates on World Sleep Day.

Dr Shivani Swami, Consultant, Sleep Medicine Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Jaipur concurred by saying that long-term post-Covid sleeplessness is triggered ...

[lower libido](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/health/hair-loss-and-lower-libido-among-long-covid-symptoms-new-research-8052239/), hearing and visual difficulties, and sleep issues. “The covid-19 disease, per se, is associated with high inflammatory response and can influence multiple mediators of sleep in the body,” he told [indianexpress.com](https://indianexpress.com), adding that a patient’s response to infection, like [anxiety](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/health/pandemic-anxiety-mental-health-stress-7300110/), fear, depression, and persistent weakness, following a prolonged duration of illness and inactivity can also contribute to his/her sleeping issues. “This includes following a regular sleep schedule, avoiding screens before bedtime, engaging in regular exercise, and limiting [alcohol](https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/health/little-alcohol-harm-your-health-8384304/). Additionally, “Post-COVID symptoms like fatigue, body pain, and “In addition, prolonged ventilatory assistance and hospital stay can also aggravate this problem,” the expert noted.

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Our award-winning, bestselling sleep aid, deep sleep pillow spray, is formulated with a natural, aromatherapeutic Superblend of Lavender, Camomile and Vetivert. World Sleep Day is today, 17 March 2023 and is a global awareness event held annually and hosted by World Sleep Society since 2008. But unfortunately, getting quality sleep for many is still a complicated business.

The size of the global sleep economy was pegged at $432 billion three years ago by a trendy American mattress startup Casper when it went public.

In the same year, [IKEA India](/topic/ikea-india)ran a campaign ‘Let’s celebrate sleep’ in which it narrated the benefits of sleep in an inspiring way. In 2019, a sleep solutions start-up [WakeFit](/topic/wakefit)launched a ‘sleep-internship’ that offered participants Rs1 lakh for simply sleeping nine hours a day for 100 days. [Local Circles](/topic/local-circles)in a study released today are getting less than six hours of uninterrupted sleep while 28% said sleep quality had deteriorated after the pandemic. [fact](/topic/fact)that people know they need to get more uninterrupted sleep indeed gives an opportunity to businesses to sell mattresses and other sleep solutions to thus vast number of Indians. It had to bring its ambitions down after failing to make much profit, but the growing market opportunity it discovered is now targeted by a lot of companies that want to put you to sleep in several innovative ways. Since bad sleep causes a higher mortality risk as well as productivity losses at work, billions of dollars can be added to the economy if people start getting enough sleep.

In honor of World Sleep Day, held March 17, 2023, get caught up on some of the latest news in sleep disorders as the NeurologyLive® team shares some of our ...

Furthermore the time spent in stages N1 and N2 were significantly longer in the latest follow-up than at FU-1 (z = –2.36; P = .001). n = 91 nonCAM users), and 70% reported nightmares (n = 59 vs. When comparing the time spent in the different sleep stages between FU-1 and FU-2, patients increased the time spent in stage N2 (z = –2.17; P = .03). n = 97 nonCAM users), 68% reported hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucinations (n = 57 vs. Notably, the prevalence of severe cataplexy cases was higher in the RN-NN than in the EU-NN data (93.8% [n = 80] vs 62.6% [n = 829] in EU-NN; P = .001). At FU-3, there was a significant increased observed in the time spent in stage N1 (z = –2.09; P = .03). The mean age of the cohort was 36.9 (±13.9) years and mean body mass index was 26.7 (SD, 5.2) kg/m. Notably, CAM users reported more frequently not complying with pharmacological treatment than nonCAM users (21% vs. Data with polysomnography and mean sleep latency test (MSLT) in RN-NN are similar, although observed MSLT scores (4.9 [±2.9] minutes [n = 52] vs 3.9 ± 3.0 minutes [n = 927]; P = .0193) were as higher in the Russian cohort. To the study authors knowledge, this was the longest recorded trial evaluating the effect of sodium oxybate on sleep architecture and comorbidity with video-polysomnography. The most common starting doses overall were 75 mg/day (69%) or 150 mg/day (20%), with most of the remaining patients initiated at 37.5 mg. For our coverage of sleep disorders, our team has spoken with several experts and highlighted various clinical findings relevant for the populations of patients with disorders such as narcolepsy, insomnia, cataplexy, and many others.