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COVID-somnia driving people to buy into sleep help

HOUSTON – Emotions like stress, worry, anxiety are known to lead to sleep loss. Ironically, sleeping is what can also help with mood, reducing anxiety, improving your immune system and coping with challenges. “I am on a mission to solve the $411 billion (with a B) U.S. economic loss due to sleep deprivation,” Guillory said. Her business, Nap Bar Houston, is a Galleria brick-and-mortar that allowed people to pay for a safe, clean sleep space. “Here is the better sleep box,” Guillory explained.

The importance of sleeping on the right mattress

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Less dream-stage REM sleep linked to higher risk of death, study says

Spending less time in REM sleep is linked to a greater overall risk of death from any cause as well as from cardiovascular disease and other diseases except for cancer, a new study finds. Sleep was measured in an at-home sleep study at the beginning of the study and again over a four day period via a sleep watch. The study also analyzed data on 1,375 men and women who were part of the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort, now in its 22nd year, which measures the impact of sleep disorders, particularity sleep apnea, on health outcomes via a sleep study every four years. "However, in the case of REM sleep, it would be nearly impossible to control an individual's REM sleep unless it was done artificially. Many of the participants were on antidepressants, which he said are known to affect REM sleep.

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Sleep experts take stand in trial for man who claims he was sleepwalking when he killed wife

HOUSTON - Sleep specialists took the stand Thursday to discuss the complexities of REM sleep at the trial for a man who claims he was sleepwalking when he shot and killed his wife in 2013. Raymond Lazarine, 69, was charged in 2013 in connection with the death of his wife of 35 years, Deborah Lazarine. Raymond Lazarine told police he had taken prescription medication on the day of the shooting. After the defense rested their case, prosecutors called a sleep specialist who discussed the common physical movements during REM sleep and deep sleep as well as how they compare with each other. If convicted, Raymond Lazarine faces life in prison.