Just read an article in the London Times which states that lack of sleep is far more dramatic for women than men. "The research has found that lack of sleep for women not only makes them grumpy and argumentative but more at risk from heart disease. Experts from Duke University have found that poor sleep in women is strongly associated with high levels of psychological distress, hostility, depression and anger. Their surveillance of 210 men and women sleepers found that while men were relatively unaffected by sleep disturbances, such as being woken in the night, for women the effect was physical as well as psychological."
The article went on to explain that most studies on sleep concentrated on men so it was a unique study to research the effect of sleeplessness on women as well. Of the participants studied the results showed that 40% of men and women were classified as poor sleepers but the resulting risk profiles were different for the two sexes. The study found that a key factor in the health and well being of men and women was not the hours of sleep per night but the amount of time it took for the person to fall asleep. Women are twice as likely as men to have problems falling asleep.
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Stuck for the perfect gift? Got someone hard to buy for? Don't have tons of time to shop the mall or the web? Want something that will make the recipient smile? Well, look no further...pajamas are just that, the perfect gift. From Grandpa in his "Sudoku" flannels to Dad in his "Golf" pj pant to Mom in her "Toile" cottons to Sis in her "Chicks Rule" pant to little Bro in his "Sports" flannels to little Sis in her "Peace Pops" there is something for everyone in the pj category. A gift card might be the easy way out for the gift dilemma but we like the gift of pj's! Everyone looks forward to that "Chill Out" moment at the end of the day. There's nothing better than coming home from school, work, shopping, carpooling, commuting...whatever the day has brought to that great "ahhh" moment when the pj's come out!
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