Sleep Respiratory Disorder Linked to Memory Loss
Sleep apnea is a respiratory disorder manifested during sleep that involves episodes in which a person misses one or more breath at a time. The disorder is usually experienced in several episodes during the night and triggers fatigue and sleepiness during the day. Snoring and restless sleep are also symptoms associated with sleep apnea. According to a new study carried out at the University of California, five or more episodes per hour may have serious consequences on the brain tissue and can lead to problems related to memory recognition.
High-resolution images made through a magnetic resonance imaging process on about forty patients revealed that parts of the brain known as the mammillary bodies, that are located in the anterior end of the archer of the fornix and are responsible for processing memories, are about 20 percent smaller than those of people that don’t have sleep apnea. Read more
Cold Bastards Sleep Better
Are you going through some stressful situation in your life? In this case, that can ruin your good night’s sleep even 6 months after your problems are solved…This is the result of a five-year long research led by Dr. Jussi Vahtera, of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Helsinki, Finland, made on a sample of 16,627 men and women with normal sleep and 2,572 with disturbed sleep. At the beginning of the research, each subject was assessed for anxiety, regarded as a general feeling of stressfulness connected with symptoms of hyperactivity.
The team focused on the connection between post-onset life events (like death or illness in the family, divorce, financial difficulty and violence) and sleep impairment during the five years monitoring. The data revealed a strong connection between proneness to anxiety in cases of negative life events and sleep impairment. Read more
Sleep Loss Turns You Insane
No sleep is really bad for your body, the effects ranging from lowered immune system (meaning vulnerability to infections) to memory and cognitive impairment and weight gain.
“Almost all psychiatric disorders show some problems with sleep. But scientists previously believed the psychiatric problems triggered the sleep issues.” said psychologist Matthew Walker of the University of California, Berkeley. His team, collaborating with a Harvard Medical School team, has now found the opposite: sleep loss can induce psychologicalimpairments.
26 healthy subjects aged 24 to 31 were investigated after either an all-nighter or a full night’s sleep. Read more
10 Tips for a Better Memory
You may forget where you have parked the car, what you did yesterday and the birthday of your best buddy. How many times you were trying to prepare yourself for an exam and you couldn’t learn anything? If you’re young, they say you’re in love or your mind is wandering; with the age they say you’ve turned into…crap.
1.Feed your brain. If it lacks or receives in small amounts what’s necessary for the neuronal functioning, your memory will not ‘function’ at its best. Eat many fruits and green leafed vegetables, rich in vitamins, antioxidants and minerals. Bilberries, blackberries, fish and fish oil, eggs, spinach and almonds are also recommended.
2.Do some exercise. It improves circulation, including that of the brain, which boosts brain functioning. Cardiovascular exercises, made over long periods, are of great help in reducing the number of brain cells lost because of aging. Read more
