sacredhands on Oct 25th, 2007Sleep Deprivation Caused by Illnesses and Medications Not Lack of Sex
Can’t sleep at night? Worried about the banker down the street who sold you a high-priced mortgage buried in hidden details? Did you take a out a second mortgage to live the good life only to discover you actually could lose your home entirely? Well, researchers have learned that “sleep does not change much from [...]
sacredhands on Mar 15th, 2007Ambien and Lunesta Pill Poppers Drive While Asleep!
The FDA is about to warn sleeping pill poppers that their favorite helpers may be causing them to drive while asleep or go on baking marathons…with no recollection of what happened! That’s right folks, Lunesta and Ambien may have some strange side effects that could put your life at risk. Maybe now would be a [...]
sacredhands on Jan 6th, 2007Marvin Bell Why Do You Stay Up So Late?
Art still hangs on gallery walls, but now it also resides on the web. Marvin Bell wonders why you stay up so late. This is safe for those of you popping Lunesta or Ambien during the waking hours.
“Why Do You Stay Up So Late?”
by Marvin Bell
Late at night, I no longer speak for effect.
I speak [...]
sacredhands on Oct 17th, 2006Sheep Dash! Test Your Reaction Time You Slow Poke Driver
The BBC, that bastion of quirky news, has written a great set of articles about sleep and how it affects our lives. One aspect of sleep is your alertness. How quick can you react, say, when you’re driving a car. There’s been plenty of complaints about older drivers, so take the sheep dash test [...]
sacredhands on Sep 30th, 2006Sunday Snooze in the Park
© Christopher Peterson
Nothing like a good Sunday snooze in the park while the pigeons forage for lunch. Shot in the Park in downtown New Haven, across from Yale University.
sacredhands on Sep 5th, 2006Development of a Smart Bed
Smart Bed
The objective of the SleepSmart project was to develop an instrumented sheet with sensors to detect human body position shifts, temperature variation and certain physiological states, such as breathing rate and heart rate, without the need to attach wired sensors to the person’s body.
Their goal is to use this sheet while a person [...]
sacredhands on Jan 13th, 2006Married at Heart, But Please, Sleep in Your Own Bed
Remember when sleeping in your bed meant having awesome sheets with images of your favorite TV show characters? Or better yet, if you had the kind of parents who splurged on your well-being, you got to sleep in a bed that was actually in the shape of of a spaceship or sports car. Age, of [...]