Wellness Wednesday: The summer blues… SAD in the sunshine season
Too much sunshine may lead to summer blues... and nightly bouts of insomnia. [...]
circadian rhythm sleep disorder
One week left to submit your creative writing about sleep to Vitamin ZZZ! Spring theme: RESET BUTTON
Manuscript submissions for the Vitamin Zzz anthology should come from people seeking to share sleep health information or personal experiences with diagnosed sleep disorders or related problems, people suffering from unexplained or undiagnosed sleep disorders, and caregivers concerned about the sleep disorders and problems of their patients. [...]
Wellness Wednesday: Day care workers arrested in Chicago for feeding toddlers melatonin gummy bears at naptime
If you're a parent and you give your children melatonin, that is something you should do with the guidance of a pediatrician and in the privacy of your own home. For a daycare provider to dispense melatonin gummy bears as a "naptime snack" is unethical and illegal. We don't know enough about how melatonin affects children's sleep-wake cycles and overall brain development to be so cavalier about this practice. [...]
Sleep News Weekly || Jan 12, 2018: Global Sleep Health Edition
Councilwoman resigns over restless leg condition; Queen Elizabeth's jet lag secret; sleep breakthrough in Germany; Iceland sleep research focuses on sleep apnea; Canadian labs undergo new accreditation standards; noise pollution addressed in India; sleep innovation supported by Danish government; drowsy driving and transportation safety fixes found in South Korea; more global sleep health news. [...]
Don’t wait for winter blues to strike: Our Pinterest board shines light on SAD
Whether it's a nourishing soup, a better sleep and wake schedule, 20 minutes of morning exercise, phototherapy, or a gratitude mandala, you can find a lot of ways to defend against the onset of seasonal affective disorder, otherwise known as the winter blues. Our Pinterest collection should inspire all kinds of options to help you and your family get through the dark season. [...]
Sleep Fundamentals || J is for Jet Lag
Only pilots, flight attendants, and regular cross-continental flyers (military, businesspeople) can claim jet lag as a sleep disorder. Otherwise, it is experienced as a temporary and self-limiting rhythmic disruption. [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Easy peasy circadian reset
A night out under the stars can really help with sleep problems. [...]
News drip: More news reports on circadian rhythms
SHC has captured some great links since it reported on the circadian rhythms last month.
[...]Sleep Awareness Week: Moody teens just want to feel better
There's plenty of blame to go around for the mood swings of teenagers, but let's be fair: a lot of it isn't their fault, it's due to sleep deprivation. [...]
#ICYMI: Circadian Rhythms and Sleep
Neuroscience has opened wide the doors to research about circadian rhythms as they relate to sleep health and more. [...]