HEALTH & BP: Lack of deep sleep increases high BP risk!

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Farmers sleep on their paddy stocks at an agricultural market yard in Nalgonda District. Researchers found that people with the lowest level of Slow wave sleep (SWS) (one of the deeper stages of sleep), had an 80 per cent increased risk of developing high blood pressure. File Photo: Singam Venkata Ramana - The Hindu.

Not getting a proper night’s sleep increases the risk of high blood pressure in older men by 80 per cent compared to those who got longer, less interrupted sleep, according to a new research.

Slow wave sleep (SWS), one of the deeper stages of sleep, is characterized by non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) from which it’s difficult to awaken. It’s represented by relatively slow, synchronized brain waves called delta activity on an electroencephalogram. Researchers from the Outcomes of Sleep Disorders in Older Men Study (MrOs Sleep Study) found that people with the lowest level of SWS had an 80 per cent increased risk of developing high blood pressure.

"Our study shows for the first time that poor quality sleep, reflected by reduced slow wave sleep, puts individuals at significantly increased risk of developing high blood pressure, and that this effect appears to be independent of the influence of breathing pauses during sleep,” said Susan Redline, M.D., the study’s co-author and Peter C. Farrell Professor of Sleep Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass.

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HEALTH & SLEEPING POSITIONS: Sleep on your back for a good night's rest: Study!

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ANI / The Hindu / WASHINGTON, August 17, 2011.

Sleep on your back to prevent neck and back pain, and to reduce acid reflux and wrinkles - AP.

It is proven that good night’s sleep is important for numerous health benefits. But what is the best sleep position to get a good night’s rest? The best position is to sleep on your back, according to a new study.

It prevents neck and back pain, reduces acid reflux and minimizes wrinkles. Sleeping on your back makes it easy for your head, neck and spine to maintain a neutral position.

However, people with severe snoring or sleep apnea should avoid sleeping on their back. This position is recommended for people with neck pain along with a cervical roll or pillow.

The next best position is the side position. This position is great for your overall health. It prevents neck and back pain, reduces acid reflux and reduces snoring. This position is ideal for women who are pregnant. Women in late pregnancy should sleep on their left side to increase blood flow to the baby. Side sleeping keeps your spine elongated preventing back soreness.

Side—sleeping, however, tends to constrict the shoulder and neck muscles due to the weight of the head on the arm all night. Side—sleepers should do a shoulder stretch to stretch the back of the shoulders and prevent soreness.

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HEALTH, PREGNANCY: Health sleeping position and stillbirths linked!

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Mothers who sleep on their back or right—hand side on the night before giving birth are twice as likely to have a stillborn child compared with those who slept on their left, according to a new study. Researchers found the risk of stillbirth for those sleeping on the left side was 1.96 per 1,000 births, and 3.93 per 1,000 births for any other position.

Must read for all Pregnant Women!

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