Here’s what you should know about street noise and weight gain. | Javier Sánchez de la viña | 500px Got a noisy bedroom? You might be at a greater risk for weight gain, according to a new study conducted at … Read More »
Shutterstock Despite dramatic increases in the number of sleep specialists, national sleep education initiatives and the use of sleep medications, healthy sleep continues to elude tens of millions of us each night. In fact, there are indications that the insomnia … Read More »
blackred via Getty Images In today’s “always on,” high-stress world, it has become commonplace to turn to over-the-counter sleep aids for a little help with drifting off into dreamland at night. However, that habit, if made a consistent one, could … Read More »
We’re grownups. We don’t need a bedtime story with Mom to help us fall asleep, right? Not so fast. There’s a reason parents for generations have been creating nightly bedtime rituals. Sleep is essential for a healthy body, high functioning … Read More »
Hawrai Ahmed / EyeEm via Getty Images Some sleepwalkers wake up in a different room than where they fell asleep. Others find themselves eating from the refrigerator. While still others even discover themselves sleep bathing or driving. Sleepwalking is a … Read More »
There’s no question that we all value a solid night’s sleep. But with the multitude of tips and tricks out there informing us how to log the best z’s ever, it’s almost impossible to truly keep track of them — … Read More »
If you’re a late riser, there’s a good chance that you have, at one point, been made to feel inferior to the seeming moral superiority of your early riser friends and colleagues. Unlike early birds (people who have a genetic … Read More »
Martin Dimitrov via Getty Images Feeling emotionally overwhelmed during times of stress and can’t figure out why? Your current sleeping habits might offer some helpful insight. According to findings in Sleep and Affect: Assessment, Theory and Clinical Implications, a new … Read More »
ICELAND – MAY 05: Farm with horses grazing, Kirkjubaejarklaustur, Vestur-Skaftafell, Iceland. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images) | DEA / S. VANNINI via Getty Images ICYMI Health features what we’re reading this week. During this last week in March, we were captivated … Read More »
Daly and Newton via Getty Images It might not feel like spring quite yet in some parts of the country, but as warmer weather approaches, blooming flowers and endless loads of allergy-inducing pollen will be here in the blink of … Read More »