{"id":12562,"date":"2016-07-10T15:24:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T22:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accessrx.com\/blog\/?p=5739"},"modified":"2012-07-10T15:24:21","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T22:24:21","slug":"an-app-help-you-sleep-l0710","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/current-health-news\/an-app-help-you-sleep-l0710\/","title":{"rendered":"An App to Help You Sleep?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"There is no question sleep is a vital part of everyone\u2019s well-being. The proper amount of sleep<\/a> can set a person up for a great day. Too little sleep cannot only leave a person in a fog all day, it can start to have serious side effects if the problem persists. A new app could help some people struggling to get into dreamland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new app<\/strong><\/p>\n

The app, called Renew SleepClock is described in NY Times article as, \u201can that the app uses radio sensors to detect breathing patterns and movements at night, then uses that information to wake a person at the lightest point of sleep, the optimal time to wake up. <\/p>\n

The theory is that awaking from light sleep, as opposed to the deep stages of sleep, helps reduce so-called sleep inertia, the cloud of grogginess and impaired alertness that makes people desperately want to crawl back into bed.\u201d<\/p>\n

This app isn\u2019t the standard $1.99, it\u2019s selling for $199 and is one of several expensive sleep apps that have sprung onto the market recently.<\/p>\n

Helpful, or not?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Like many apps, there are limitations to the technology and few studies to back up the science behind the app. \u201cI think these are clever devices, but there\u2019s very limited data on how valuable they are,\u201d said Dr. David M. Rapoport, the director of the sleep medicine program at New York University School of Medicine. \u201cThey\u2019re a really good way to capture data. But some of them are giving out recommendations in ways that just aren\u2019t proven.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rapoport says apps are created for a mass public, and when it comes to sleep, there should be a \u2018one size fits all\u2019 solution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese apps tend to suggest that there\u2019s a right way you should do things,\u201d he said, \u201cbut we cannot make the same recommendations for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is no question sleep is a vital part of everyone\u2019s well-being. The proper amount of sleep can set a person up for a great day. Too little sleep cannot only leave a person in a fog all day, it can start to have serious side effects if the problem persists. A new app could […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-health-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t