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Limiting Children’s Recreational Screen Time to Less Than Two Hours a Day Linked to Better Cognition
Limiting recreational screen time to less than two hours a day, and having sufficient sleep and physical activity is associated with improved cognition, compared with not meeting any recommendations, according to an observational study of more than 4,500 U.S. children aged 8-11 years old published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal. Taken individually, limited screen ...
Sleeping Too Much or Not Enough May Have Bad Effects on Health
Fewer than six and more than 10 hours of sleep per day are associated with metabolic syndrome and its individual components, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Public Health that involved 133,608 Korean men and women aged 40-69 years. Researchers at Seoul National University College of Medicine found that compared to individuals ...
Sleep Tight
Getting enough sleep and rest is essential for the human body to function properly. Sleep is essential for everyone, but unfortunately most Americans do not get enough of it. According to the National Sleep Foundation, the recommended amount of sleep is 10 to 11 hours per night for children, 8.5 to 9.25 for teenagers and ...
Studying Sleep
A customized and comprehensive approach is needed when addressing patients’ sleep disorders.According to the National Sleep Foundation’s 2013 “International Bedroom Poll,” only 44 percent of people in the U.S. say they get a good night’s sleep “every night or almost every night” on a work night. Worse, onefourth of Americans say they never sleep well ...
Sleeping Easy
As more Americans struggle with getting a good night’s rest, practitioners are encouraging both lifestyle changes and supplements to help them achieve that goal.Sleep is a critical biological function that influences a wide variety of physiological processes. Sleep deficiency can affect mood and the ability to make memories and learn, but it also affects metabolism, ...
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