May 25, 2010 -- Consumer Reports Health has issued a new ranking of the six repellents it says are best to ward off mosquitoes and deer ticks. The magazine says it tested 10 insect repellents in an outside laboratory, where volunteers let deer ticks crawl on them and also exposed themselves to mosquitoes.
Keep Your Cool to Sleep Better. Your body temperature can affect how well you sleep. Scientists at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience in Amsterdam found that people slept better when their skin was slightly cooled.
The researchers therefore thought this protein may be important in the circadian rhythm â your body's daily cycle of proteins that regulate daily patterns of feeding, sleeping, body temperature and other functions. During the night, the pineal gland produces a hormone called melatonin that makes you sleepy.