Sleep: A Window To Your Health

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Sleep: A Window To Your Health By Avner Halperin (NAPSA)—Even though most people doit every night, sciencestill has had a hard time understanding sleep. Greek philosophers argued about it; scientists studied it for millennia and just about everyone recognizes it’s important. For thousands of years, people believed sleep was a passive state during which active physical and mental processes are n hold” But sleep is much more. Sleep is a complex process;it’s a time for internal restoration and recupera- tion, when the bodyheals and the brain rejuvenates. Sleep serves as a window to overall health—if monitored correctly. Today, to gain an accurate picture of sleep and health, you don't have to be hooked up to heavy machinery. Medically proven, contact-free sensor technologies are available for at-homeuse to provide useful health information. There are four benefits to tracking health during sleep: 1) Sleeping bodies are perfectly at rest, which providesan accurate baseline of ourvital signs. Monitoring your heart and breathing patterns each night, you can quickly detect any fluctuations and gain advanced warningofhealth disorders such as heart complications, fever or breathing disorders. Accessto this in- formation means you can get doctors to intervene quickly to address any problems. Conversely, people working to improve their health can be motivated by seeing results of their efforts in improvedvital sign statistics. 2) Using contact-free sensor tech- nologies that require no setup and don't need to be worn meansusers don’t have @) Healthy sleep doesn’t have to be a dream if you keep trackofit through the latest technology. to change anything abouttheir lifestyle to accesscritical health information collected duringsleep. 3) At-homehealth sensors that have been proven accurate on hundreds of thousands of patients in hospitals can be particularly useful monitoring the health of older people at homeas well. ‘This can provide peace of mindto their loved ones who can monitortheir health stats via a remote viewing app. 4) Access to accurate data on sleep and health means you have the information you need to make adjustments and improve your sleep. Quality sleep has been linked to stronger immunesystems, improved academicsuccess, better cognitive performance function and job performance, and general happiness. So it pays to get a good night's rest. While scientists continue to try to understand why people need to sleep, you can take advantageofthelifesaving andlife-improving advances that sleep monitoring technology provides. Learn More For further facts on sleep, go to www.livebyearlysense.com. e Mr. Halperin is CEO ofEarlySense. ee ee eee Seer mmr rss sane sce ern n eras nans Note to Editors: Although March 17, 2017 is World Sleep Day, this information can be useful to your readers at any time.

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