Sleep sex or sexsomnia is a form of non-rapid eye movement (NREM) parasomnia (similar to sleepwalking) that causes people to commit sexual acts while they are asleep.

Sexsomnia occurs when a person is asleep and yet proceeds to initiate sexual activity with their bedmate. Sexsomnia is also known as “somnambulistic sexual behaviour”.

According to new study a lot of sleep disorders involve sexual behaviours and people with sleep disorders might also suffer from abnormal sexual behaviours.

The report by psychiatrists at the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center in Minneapolis suggests that a wide range of sleep disorders are associated with a tendency to perform numerous sexual behaviours from masturbating and moaning, to actually making a sexual advance towards your partner, while in a state between sleep and wakefulness. Read The Full Story…

Sleep is no less essential than food, drink, or safety in the lives of children. Life’s demanding schedule often prevents kids from getting the critical sleep they need to develop and function properly.

Here are 10 good tips and habits to aid your child get the sleep he needs:

1. Set a regular time for bed each night. Make a regular time for bed each night and do not vary from it. Similarly, the wake up time should not differ from weekday to weekend by more than 1 to 1 and a half hours.

2. Designating your child’s bed a “sleep only” area. Make sure your kid`s bedroom is cool, dark and quiet.

3. Bedtime routine. Create a relaxing bedtime routine, such as giving your child a warm bath or reading a story.

4. Easy food. Avoid big meals before bedtimes. Drink a warm glass of milk or have a light healthy snack like fruit instead.

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Radiation from mobile phones delays and reduces sleep, and causes headaches and confusion, according to a new study, reports The Independent.

• The research, sponsored by the mobile phone companies themselves, shows that using the handsets before bed cause people to take longer to reach the deeper stages of sleep and to spend less time in them, interfering with the body’s ability to repair damage suffered during the day.

• The findings are especially alarming for children and teenagers, most of whom – surveys suggest – use their phones late at night and who especially need sleep. Their failure to get enough can lead to mood and personality changes, ADHD-like symptoms, depression, lack of concentration and poor academic performance.

• The study – carried out by scientists from the blue-chip Karolinska Institute and Uppsala University in Sweden and from Wayne State University in Michigan, USA – is thought to be the most comprehensive of its kind.

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Is a lot of people who want to travel cross country without hotels, want to save on rent, or just don’t feel like driving home after a long day. Sleeping in your car may be illegal in certain places, especially if the individual sleeping has been drinking alcohol. The laws about drinking and driving differ from country to country, and can sometimes rely on a policeman’s judgment regarding whether they think you’re intending on driving before fully sobering up. The best way to keep away from potential problems is not to drink at all - however, if it is unavoidable, do not put the keys in the ignition, and certainly do not start the car, not even to run the heater. Instead, put the keys in the glove box - and be sure not to sleep in the driver’s seat. Be aware that if the car is parked on public roads, the police or other emergency services may need to ask you to move it, which can make life interesting.

Furthermore, in some places sleeping in a car may be a dangerous practice, as there could be a possibility of being mugged or even killed. If you can find a safe place, however, sleeping in your car can be an extremely useful option when making road trips. On a weekend excursion it can allow you to save money that would otherwise be used to pay for a hotel room, and it can also remove the possibility of driving unsafely after a good night on the town. It may also be necessary to sleep in one’s car for a variety of unforeseen reasons - when broken down and awaiting rescue during daylight hours perhaps, when you’re so completely lost you can’t even find a town (let alone a B&B), or when you’ve locked yourself out of the house (or someone else has locked you out), or when very bad weather has forced you to stop, or, in extreme circumstances, when you don’t have anywhere else to sleep.

Select a Spacious Car to Sleep In. If you attempt to sleep in a vehicle such a Ford Ka, you are unlikely to get a good night’s sleep. Such a vehicle is small and has thin doors that do not keep the heat in very well. A larger vehicle with a more spacious interior, such as the Ford Cortina, will offer superior comfort. Read The Full Story…

In a recent study, researchers at NASA showed that a thirty to forty-minute power nap increased cognitive faculties by approximately 40%!

The healthy benefits of napping have been well documented scientific. Research has revealed that a nap can help physical well-being, improve mood and memory, sharpen senses and revitalize a person. The neurons in brain functioning get to rest and recuperate from the day’s stress.

Here’s what you need to know about the healthy benefits of nap and how a power nap can help you:

• 1. boost in productivity and energy at work

• 2. increased motivation

• 3. improved ability to concentrate,

• 4. better mood

• 5. improved hand-eye coordination

• 6. improve emotional state

• 7. increased learning

• 8. maintain peak brain activity during the course of the day

• 9. protect yourself from sleepiness

• 10. decrease and eliminate stress

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Between 20 to 40 percent of adults snore. It is a problem if you are disturbing yourself or your sleep partner. Snoring stops sleep patterns, which can cause to sleep deficit. The effects of sleep deficit can include low energy, foggy thinking and daytime sleepiness. The absence of oxygen flowing to the brain that occurs when someone snores can lead to diabetes, high blood pressure and stroke.

To find the cure for the problem of snoring, there are many stop snoring devices. Most of them are specific to the problem so before the use of any stop snoring device, it is always a good idea to understand the reasons behind snoring.

The Noiselezz is a non-intrusive mouthpiece that holds the lower jaw slightly forward of its normal position during sleep, thus opening the airway in the throat and eliminating the vibration that causes snoring.

SomnoGuard stops snoring and reduces nocturnal respiratory arrests, and thereby improves the quality of sleep. The oral appliance worn at night is made from thermoflexible copolymers. It can be directly moulded in the mouth after being heated in boiling water. It’s main effect is the advancement of the lower jaw, thereby opening the upper airway. Fitting is quite simple, does not require any special tools, and can be completed within a few minutes.

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A nightmare is a very stressful dream which usually forces at least partial awakening. Nightmares are often a creation of our fears. You will tend not to have nightmares if you rid yourself of fears. So find out what your fears are, and try to conquer them. Nightmares, however, can also be an early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur.

What Causes Nightmares?

There are many possibilities. Some nightmares can be caused by drugs or medications or by rapid withdrawal from them, or by physical conditions such as illness and fever. The nightmares of early childhood likely reflect the struggle to learn to deal with normal childhood fears and problems. Many people experience nightmares after they have suffered a traumatic event, such as surgery, the loss of a loved one, an assault or a severe accident. The nightmares of combat veterans fall into this category. The content of these nightmares is typically directly related to the traumatic event and the nightmares often occur over and over. Other people experience nightmares when they are undergoing stress in their waking lives, such as difficulty or change on the job or with a loved one, moving, pregnancy, financial concerns, etc. Finally, some people experience frequent nightmares that seem unrelated to their waking lives. These people tend to be more creative, sensitive, trusting and emotional than average. Whenever you have a nightmare you should try to visualize a different ending on the dream. By doing this you may experience that it is a dream and we all know that dreams aren’t dangerous. Read The Full Story…