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Mar 5

The Dangers of “Junk Sleep”, and What You Can Do About It

Parents of teenagers are likely familiar with the array of media outlets ­­ iPads, TV, cell phones, stereos, video games and computers ­­ that many teens are glued to at all hours of the day and not getting enough good quality sleep. The lure of these electronics may be damaging kid’s health, causing them to not get enough sleep, nor enough quality sleep, according to a poll of 1,000 teens conducted by the Sleep Council. The survey of 12­ to 16­ year­ olds found that: 30 percent of teens sleep just four to seven hours a night on school nights, instead of the recommended eight to nine hours. 23 percent say they fall asleep watching TV, listening to music or while using other electronics more than once a week. 19 percent admitted that leaving on the TV or computer impacted the quality of their sleep. 98.5 percent have a phone, music system or TV in their bedroom, and over 65 percent have all three. 40 percent say they generally feel tired. The result, researchers say, is that teens are getting “junk sleep” ­­ and it has just as much potential to impact their health as does eating junk food “This is an incredibly worrying trend,” says UK sleep expert Dr. Chris Idzikowski of the Edinburgh Sleep Centre. “What we are seeing is the emergence of Junk Sleep ­­ that is sleep that is of neither the length nor quality that it should be in order to feed the brain with the rest it needs to perform properly at school.”   Are YOU Getting Junk Sleep? Let’s be honest. Teens are not the only ones guilty of falling asleep with the TV on, or staying up surfing the Web when they should be getting some Z’s. Adults, too, are skimping on their much­needed sleep. In fact, according to the Sleep America poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), Americans sleep just 6.9 hours per night on average during the week and just 7.5 hours per night on weekends. In contrast, before the invention of the light bulb, people slept about 10 hours each night. Meanwhile, an estimated 70 million Americans are impacted by a sleep problem, according to NSF. What is this lack of sleep doing to all of us? Plenty.   Further, according to the Sleep Council, not sleeping enough could ,,, Make you fat. People who sleep four hours a night or less are 73 percent more likely to be overweight than those who sleep enough. Even if you sleep less than six hours a night, you’re 25 percent more likely to be overweight than those who sleep longer. […]

Feb 5

The Problems of Jim McMahon, Chicago Bears Quarterback Suffers Early

You may remember Jim McMahon who was quarterback for the Chicago Bears back in the 1980s. He retired in 1996 at the age of 37 and had four documented concussions in his career. 16 years after his retirement, he suffered from symptoms akin with dementia. He was struggling to move properly, often bumping into furniture; […]

Jul 9

Lower Back pain Treatment

Lower back pain treatment in West New York New Jersey does not always require urgent care or surgery. Did you know… a 2005 article in the prestigious orthopedic journal Spine studied patients who suffered with lower back pain and or sciatica 99% of the patients were told they would get either a moderate or great […]

Jun 4

NJ Frozen Shoulder Relief Procedure

Dr. Tirado has created a non-surgical answer to frozen shoulder pain relief. This non-surgical manual procedure for adhesive capsulitis relief is also medically referred to as the NJ Frozen Shoulder Relief Procedure. This procedure takes only 5 minutes to perform and an immediate return of functional movement in the shoulder and arm can be expected. […]