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Sleep-Engineering: Improve Your Life By Manipulating Your Sleep
We spend 1/3rd of our life asleep, which suggests it is doing something very important. But, what is all of this for? And why does every animal species appear to need sleep? Based on the latest neuroscientific research Penny Lewis shows why sleep is thought to be critical for combining and restructuring memories, and thus to form the basis of creativity. Penny (Penelope) Lewis is a neuroscientist at the University of Manchester, where she runs the Neuroscience and Psychology of Sleep (NaPS) lab. Her research investigates the role of sleep in strengthening and altering memories and the ways people can use this to their advantage. She is the author of The Secret World of Sleep, which has sold around 10,000 copies, and has written for a variety of popular science publications, including New Scientist, Scientific American and BBC Focus. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local...
read moreWhat Happens To You If You Don’t Get Sleep
Professor Matthew Walker is the Director of UC Berkeley’s Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab. We feature several of his videos where he discusses the latest discoveries about sleep and how it impacts our life, wellness, and lifespan.
In this video, he lists what happens to your body and brain if you don’t get enough sleep. Below is the transcript of the whole video.
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Why does my brain sleep
We spend one third of our lives asleep. Yes, we know that sleep helps in metabolising the food we eat, gives us renewed energy, and heals our wounds, yet we still don’t know the full relationship of our brain and sleep. It is one of the last great scientific mysteries! This talk will describe new discoveries suggesting that, far from being a time when the brain is dormant, sleep is a highly active process critical for a hundred different functions in the brain to happen! Watch this video
read moreSleep Apnea Treatments
Tonight, millions of people will be falling asleep only to wake up exhausted, irritable, and feeling just plain awful. If you are one of those suffering from a sleep breathing disorder, you’d be doing yourself a favour by looking at possible sleep apnea treatments.
Sleep should be something we look forward to every night, right? But if you have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), sleeping could be your worst enemy.
Cpap Machines
The most common treatment for sleep apnea is the CPAP or continuous positive airway pressure machine. This device is recommended for people who are suffering from moderate or severe sleep apnea. CPAP also helps stop snoring in people with no sleep apnea.
read moreSleepy Driving
Each year in Australia, more than 1,300 Australians are killed on our roads and over 32,000 are seriously injured. One cause for these tragic numbers is sleepy driving. Driving a vehicle or riding a motorbike requires perception, good judgement, responsiveness and a reasonable physical capability.
Sleep researchers explain the growing dangers of a ‘sleep debt’ which can very quickly add up. Sleeping as little as six hours a night for 12 days is similar to the dangers of cognitive and performance decline in being awake for 24 hours straight. And being awake for 24-25 is tantamount to having the same impairment as someone who has a blood alcohol level of 0.1 percent, which is twice the legal limit.
read moreA Home Sleep Study Process
If you think you need a home sleep study, here are the steps to follow: 1. See Your General Practitioner. Your GP will fill in a Referral Form 2. Request your GP Medical Centre to fax it to us on 07 3381 9025 3. We will call you to set an appointment 4. We will come to your home on the night of the appointment 5. At appointment time, ensure you have showered and are dressed in decent sleeping clothes 6. Our Sleep Technician will come to your home and attach the portable sleep test equipment on you 7. Limit your activities for the night and go to bed early so the testing equipment can capture sufficient sleep data 8. Next morning, remove the sleep test equipment, pack it carefully in its bag, and return it according to your sleep technician’s instructions 9. Your Sleep Technician will contact you when your Sleep Study has been analysed by your Sleep Specialist 10. We will advise you if you need to see the Sleep...
read moreHome Sleep Study in Brisbane
Are people telling you that you snore loudly, or even stop breathing when you sleep? Get yourself tested with a home sleep study in Brisbane. Brisbane has several sleep hospitals and sleep labs in several places. But did you know that you can have this sleep test in the comfort of your own bed? In fact, because you are more comfortable in your own room, you tend to sleep better and so, the polysomnograph may be able to collect more data for the sleep physician to analyse.
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What Happens During A Home Sleep Study?
Our Sleep Technician will come to your home a few hours before you go to bed between 5.00- 8.00 p.m. to attach the portable sleep study machine (called a Polysomnograph or PSG) to you. We require that you have showered before then and are dressed ready for bed. Prepare for this sleep study by not planning anything stressful for the evening so you can give your full attention to the sleep study procedures. In addition to the actual attachment of the machine, the Sleep Technician will measure your blood pressure, lung function, and fill in some paperwork. Our SleepTechnician will need about 1 hour and 15 minutes for the whole visit.
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