Naps

  • HealthYahoo Canada Style

    Are naps actually good for you? Here’s what sleep experts say.

    Napping has its benefits, but sleep experts say naps aren't a good fit for everyone. Here's why.

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    Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin is a regular napper, and it's something to emulate

    Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin told the press all about her napping habit — she even fits in naps between runs.

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    This little girl was supposed to be a flower girl, but 'napping is life'

    Six-month-old Rugbie was crowned flower girl for her aunt’s wedding, but when it came time for her to make her way down the aisle, sleep prevailed. On Reddit, her father, Joe Morman, posted a photo of his hilarious baby girl making her way down the aisle fast asleep, falling back in the wagon pulled by her mom. “My daughter was supposed to be a flower girl in her aunts wedding but napping is life.

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    The Sound Corinne Olympios of ‘The Bachelor’ Makes When Asked If Nick and Vanessa Are Still Together Says It All

    “The Bachelor” breakout star Corinne Olympios talks about whether she hooked up with Nick Viall, defends herself against the charge of being the Season 21 “villain,” and chats about whether we’ll see her this summer on “Bachelor in Paradise” during a sit-down with our very own Joe Zee. But that’s just the beginning: She also talks about reports of “excessive napping,” a fan who hired a nanny to be like her, and what she really thinks about that final rose. Trust us, she doesn’t hold back. So see

  • NewsMarie-Claire Dorking

    Could Napping Be The Secret To A Better Memory?

    A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) led by Sara Mednick, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of California-Riverside, found that the benefits of sleep can be reaped not just from your night-time sleep, but from a good day-time nap too. If ever there was a reason to take a day time disco nap? According to Sara Mednick, the nap group performed 40 per cent better because of the increased rapid eye movement time they got thanks to

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    Bad News Nap Lovers, Taking Long Naps Could Be Bad For Your Health

    Whether it’s a quick disco nap before a night out, a sneaky bit of shut-eye on the commute to work or a Sunday afternoon snooze-fest, naps are the absolute best. New research on sleep habits by the American College of Cardiology has revealed that long naps are actually bad for our health.

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    Afternoon Siesta Anyone? Experts Believe We Should Be Sleeping Twice A Day

    Experts believe that actually sleeping once a day at night isn’t actually beneficial to us. In an article published in the Conversation, Dr Melinda Jackson, a psychologist who specialises in sleep disorders at RMIT University, and Siobhan Banks, sleep researcher at the University of South Australia suggest that so-called segmented, or bi-modal sleeping was actually par for the course way back when.