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Sleep is vital for our health, because when we sleep, we heal our bodies and minds. Wenatex conducts seminars to educate people on how to achieve a “Healthy Sleep for a Better Life”. Use this website to book into our events, or access articles and sleep tips that can help you improve your sleep environment.

Is Your Pillow Waking You Up?
There are many factors required to achieve a good night’s sleep. One of these is a good quality pillow, which must maintain a natural curve of the spine. This article has checklist to use when purchasing a good quality pillow.

Sex, Sleep & the City
Times have changed and our sleep habits have also changed. This insightful article uses the Three Musketeers and Sex and the City to examine how differently we now live our lives and the reasons for these dramatic changes.

Ageing and Sleep
Advances in science are altering our internal clocks. We now enjoy average a life expectancy of over 80 years which is likely to reach 100 years in the future. Have our bodies and brains adapted enough to cope with such old age?

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Almost 90% of people suffer a sleep disorder at some point of their lives.¹
The NRMA estimates fatigue is involved in one in six fatal road accidents.²
Seventeen hours of sustained wakefulness leads to a decrease in performance equivalent to a blood alcohol level of 0.05%.³
Alcohol and nicotine both affect REM Sleep ⁴
Sleep restores your Immune System ⁵
In 1953, Eugene Aserinsky from the University of Chicago observed for the first time a relationship between the movement of the eyes during sleep and dreaming.⁶
The “natural alarm clock” which enables some people to wake up more or less when they want to is caused by a burst of the stress hormone adrenocorticotropin. Researchers say this reflects an unconscious anticipation of the stress of waking up.⁷
The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The record holder reported hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech as well as memory and concentration lapses.⁸
Regular exercise is a great way to improve your sleep. Just be careful not to do it close to bed time as exercise produces stimulants that stop the brain from relaxing quickly.⁹
A new baby typically results in 400 – 750 hours lost sleep for parents in the first year.¹⁰

¹ Wake up Australia: The Value of Healthy Sleep. Sleep Health Australia, October 2004
² http://www.abc.net.au/science/sleep/facts.htm 2009 (Accessed December 2009)
³ http://www.abc.net.au/science/sleep/facts.htm 2009 (Accessed December 2009)
⁴ Scientific American September 20, 2007
⁵ Professor Laura Redwine, 2000
⁶ The Oxford Companion to the Mind. (1987) Edited by R.J. Gregory, Oxford Press
⁷ http://www.abc.net.au/science/sleep/facts.htm 2009 (Accessed December 2009)
⁸ http://www.abc.net.au/science/sleep/facts.htm 2009 (Accessed December 2009)
⁹ http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sleep/HQ01387 (April 2008)
¹⁰ http://www.abc.net.au/science/sleep/facts.htm 2009 (Accessed December 2009)

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