Sleep Health

We’ve all had a few unexpectedly disturbed nights – and a few may not cause too much of an issue. Trouble arises however, when it becomes a habit. Here are a few of the less pleasant side effects of regular sleep deprivation. 1. Skin Problems You won’t be surprised to hear that the day ...

With the clocks set to go back at the end of this month our latest survey has revealed over half of the UK is set to spend the extra hour in bed. A total of 52.8% told us that they will be choosing to sleep in on the 30th of October while 28.6% are ...

How stress can affect the way you sleep It is impossible to avoid feeling stressed at times and, in modern life, pressures exist everywhere. It is how we deal with these pressures of life that is paramount. ...

A Guide to the Healthiest Sleeping Positions For an activity we do for a third of our lives, it is remarkable how little we think about sleep. But we all know just how much it affects our waking lives, especially when we don't get enough of it. Many factors can affect how well ...

As the famous English novelist Anthony Burgess once said, “Laugh and the World Laughs with You; Snore and You Sleep Alone”. There are jokes galore to be found on the subject of snoring, and almost as many similes. In researching this piece, Dormeo came across the sound of snoring described as ...

The Dalai Lama famously believes sleep to be ‘the best meditation’ and yet legendary short sleepers such as Margaret Thatcher and Bill Clinton reportedly ran their respective countries on about 4 hours sleep a night. For most of us, it’s probably fair to say that 4 hours sleep would call for a ...

This week is National Allergy Awareness Week. Surely no coincidence that it collides with the time when Hay Fever starts to take a nasty grip on many of us. Life can start to become a misery for the approximately 1-in-4 people who suffer from Hay Fever in the UK. The season tends to run (like our ...

Sleep deprivation is one of the biggest contributors to weight gain, and here's why... This is one of those things we all say when we're feeling a bit run-down isn't: "I'm tired, think I need a little pick-me-up..." It's easily justified isn't it. That rush of taking a break from whatever you're ...

Beauty sleep is an actual thing! The term "beauty sleep" for most people is just that, a term. We use it as an expression, not really believing it has beauty-giving properties, or perhaps using it because the feeling, and the idea of sleep is just so beautiful after a busy, stressful day. There ...

The Dangers of Sleep Apnea You know already that the average person in life sleeps for nearly 200,000 hours, right? And we already know how important sleep is for the human body. Which is why it seems so unfair that there are quite a few naturally-occurring health conditions that can serve to ...