Lack of Sleep Affects Long-Term Health

sleeplessA new study undertaken at the University of Copenhagen reports that maintaining a good night's sleep is important for our future health because of how sleep affects lifestyle factors. The study indicated that poor sleep leads the making of unhealthy lifestyle changes.

The study was an international collaboration between researchers from Denmark and Finland and was undertaken with 35,000 adult Finns over three waves of the longitudinal cohort study.

The research findings published in the journal, International Journal of Epidemiology, showed that onset of impaired sleep led to adverse lifestyle changes such as physical inactivity, high risk alcohol consumption, and the risk of being overweight.

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Somnowell Inventor - Visiting Professor Simon Ash FDS MSc MOrth BDS

Prof. Ash is the inventor of the highly successful SOMNOWELL Chrome device for snoring and sleep apnoea.

The Somnowell Chrome is made to exacting standards in the Somnowell laboratory under the supervision of Visiting Professor Simon Ash. Prof. Ash and his master technicians create each Somnowell Chrome device using their wealth of experience and expertise.

Prof. Ash works at the forefront of his profession. He is a Consultant and Specialist Orthodontist with over 30 years clinical experience, with a special interest in sleep related breathing disorders, TMJD, and bruxism. He currently works in Harley Street London and two private hospitals in London as part of a multi-disciplinary team managing snoring and sleep apnoea, and is Visiting Professor of Orthodontics at the BPP University.