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 temperature of the human body decreases with age and is sensitive to changes in hormone levels, being slightly higher after ovulation. Sleeping in a cold room decreases body temperature, and wearing more clothing raises these values, but all these variations are normal and are not a sign of disease.