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New Research May Make You Wonder If Blue Light May Be Good For Sleep After All

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These days, it is customary for people to take mobile devices into the bedroom when turning in. They may check their social media, chat to friends or even watch a movie or tv show on their phone. The consensus is artificial light stops you getting to sleep at night. It is felt the blue glare keeps you awake. However, a study has reportedly cast doubt on this assumption, suggesting the issue may not lie with the shade of the light, but the type. According to researchers at Manchester University, it might not be the blue of the light disrupting your rest, but its warmth and brightness. In the course of their experiments, they showed a variety of light settings to laboratory mice, to see how they reacted. Although the study, which published its results in the Current Biology journal, has not been without criticism. It was designed to explore the long-held belief artificial blue light can affect a person’s sleeping pattern. So, researchers decided to expose their mice/ guinea pig...

Hope You Had A Happy Festival Of Sleep Day

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We all know the festive season can be a crazy time of year. It can all feel like a blur. So, it’s hardly surprising that, just after New Year’s, one day is set aside for you to rest and recharge your batteries. Allowing you to catch your breath after the madness of Christmas and take some time out before the New Year begins. You know December 25th is Christmas Day and January 1st is New Year’s Day. But are you aware two days after, January 3rd, has been designated the Festival Of Sleep Day? A special, unofficial holiday, celebrating both the joy and therapeutic benefits of having a nice kip. It is a holiday which, on the face of it, is a zany, tongue in cheek event, extolling the virtues of getting some sleep. However, by handling a subject in a fun, light-hearted manner on the surface, you can address the more serious aspects underneath. Nobody seems to know who exactly thought of the holiday or how it started, but people celebrate the Festival Of Sleep Day in different ways...

Get Ahead With A Headboard From Beds Glasgow

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Beds Glasgow offers customers the unique opportunity to create and design the bed they always wanted, at a price that won’t break the bank. You will be able to compile and construct your bed set to your specific needs and specifications, covering the various components. These include finding the perfect style and size of bed and mattress, as well as the right headboard, to prop up your bedroom. This versatile item is the perfect adornment to put the finishing touch on your bed product. It can be both attractive and functional at the same time. Offering the best support while laying down, sitting up in bed reading, working on your laptop or checking social media on your phone. A headboard is also ideal for keeping your bedroom warm in the wintertime and cool in the summer. As a matter of fact, it is often felt headboards were originally designed back in Ancient Egyptian times for that very purpose, to hold off draughts and keep people warm at night. During the medieval period,...