MORE SLEEP IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEART

But Insomnia can lead to serious health problems. Researchers from the University of Montréal, its affiliated Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal Sleep Disorders Center and the University Laval published findings of a study in the journal Sleep. Their study found that people who suffer from insomnia have heightened nighttime blood pressure, which can lead to cardiac problems. The investigation, which measured the 24-hour blood pressure of insomniacs compared to sound sleepers, ScienceDaily magazine reported on Sep. 6, 2009

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090904165238.htm

Another study by Alexandros N. Vgontzas, MD, director of the Sleep Research and Treatment Center at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa., demonstrates that chronic insomnia with objectively measured short sleep time is an independent and clinically significant risk factor for hypertension.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401101733.htm

http://www.journalsleep.org/ViewAbstract.aspx?pid=27894

MORE SLEEP IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEART

A study published December 2008 in the Journal of the American Medical Association by Christopher King and colleagues from the University of Chicago has found a relationship between sleep quantity (hours spent asleep) and calcium build up -- or calcification -- in the arteries that supply the heart muscle with blood.

For each additional hour of sleep, the risk of calcification of the coronary arteries decreased by 33 percent -- an outcome equal to reducing blood pressure by 16 point elevations.

Moreover, the sleep relationship did not change even when the researchers controlled for certain traditional risk factors for heart disease, such as cholesterol, weight and diabetes.

The results were part of the ongoing Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study (CARDIA), which is being carried out at four cities nationally.

This report focused on nearly 500 patients at the Chicago CARDIA site.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Sleep/sleeping-good-heart/story?id=6525530

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Insomnia Types and Definitions

The word Insomnia comes from Latin, the Roman God of Sleep, Somnus. (Hypnos to the Greeks) But what is Insomnia? The National Institute of Health defines insomnia as "a common condition in which you have trouble falling or staying asleep. This condition can range from mild to severe, depending on how often it occurs and for how long."
NIH (National Institute of Health) categorizes Insomnia into chronic (ongoing) or acute (short-term). With chronic insomnia symptoms persist at least 3 nights a week for more than a month. Acute insomnia lasts for less time.

NIH also points out that some insomnia sufferers have trouble falling asleep while others have a hard time staying asleep. In either case the quality of sleep is diminished, which leads to drowsiness and fatigue.

Although NIH categorized chronic and acute insomnia, they identify two types of insomnia.
The most common type is called secondary or comorbid insomnia. More than 8 out of 10 people who have insomnia are believed to have secondary insomnia. This type of insomnia is a symptom or side effect of some other problem. Certain medical conditions, medicines, sleep disorders, and substances can cause secondary insomnia.

In contrast, NIH says, primary insomnia isn't due to a medical problem, medicines, or other substances. It is its own disorder. A number of life changes can trigger primary insomnia, including long-lasting stress and emotional upset.

NIH seems to be saying that all Insomnia is caused by something else.

Insomnia can lead to excessive drowsiness, depression, increased blood pressure and could cause accidents.

NIH advises that secondary insomnia often resolves or improves without treatment if you can stop its cause—especially if you can correct the problem soon after it starts. Causes include caffeine, limiting your intake may cause your insomnia to go away.

Lifestyle changes, including better sleep habits, often help relieve acute insomnia.

NIH also recommends for chronic insomnia, your doctor may recommend a type of counseling called cognitive-behavioral therapy or medicines.

SLEEPforSURE's Mission

SLEEPforSURE's Mission is to be the best SLEEP-AID in the world. Why not think BIG?

Our goal is to provide the safest, MOST effective, flexible , easy to use, affordable, high quality product possible.

SLEEPforSURE was envisioned, designed, tested, redesigned, and tested again, and again.
We have experimented with many different brainwave entrainment techniques like noise, monaural beats, binaural beats, isochronic beats, explored music and sound therapy theory, psycho-acoustics, traditional instrumentation, shamanic drumming, didgeridoo, ambient and live natural sound recording.

Some brain entrainment sleep-aids use binaural beats. Binaural beats are very effective, but require the use of headphones. SLEEPforSURE uses a proprietary Isochronic Noise and Psychoacoustic techniques that don't require the use of headphones, although some users may find headphones enhance listening, drown out external noise, or are just plain cozy. We wanted to leave that up to you!

We also decided to go Instant Mp3 downloads only. They're fast, cheap, and you get it NOW! Isn't now better than... later?

We wanted to give you the ability to download and listen tonight, now. But you also have the 10 minute sample track (fully downloadable for free) so you can hear the quality of the track. Yes, this is the first 10 minutes of SLEEPforSURE, on the LISTEN NOW tab. The first 10 minutes will give you access to the Alpha Brain state. The full 79 minute mp3 goes all the way from Alpha to Theta and Deep Delta.

It has been my pleasure to be part of SLEEPforSURE over the last few years. I want to thank all those who's help and encouragement have made SLEEPforSURE the success it is today.

I also want to thank all of the customers who's interest and support inspire me to do my best, because after all, SLEEPforSURE is for you. Please feel free to contact me with your comments or questions.

Sincerely,

Scott Hale
Composer, Sound Engineer
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