Do’s and Don’ts of a Good Night Sleep

Recent research has rapidly expanded our understanding of sleep and its importance to a healthy lifestyle but all this new information can lead to a lot of confusion. This list of do’s and don’ts will help you establish a healthy sleep hygiene routine so that you can...

How to Get Kids Back to Bed for Back to School

The start of the new school year is just around the corner and for many families this means more than just getting back to school supplies in order; it means it is time to get back to bedtime.  Summer days are long and summer schedules can be less structured than...

What You Need to Know about Shift Work and Sleep

If you always find yourself going to work when other people are heading home or are at work when most people are sleeping you may be at risk for a sleep disorder called Shift Work Disorder.  This sleep disorder can affect those who work schedules outside the regular...

Lauri Leadley Takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Lauri Leadley accepted the #IceBucketChallenge to #StrikeOutALS on behalf of Valley Sleep Center, explaining how Valley Sleep Center provides crucial treatment to people with ALS while they are sleeping. Lauri challenges her group and she also gives a challenge to all...

When it Comes to Sleep, is 7 the New 8?

If I asked you how much sleep you are supposed to get every night, odds are you would answer ‘8’ which has been the standard recommendation from the medical community for as long as most of us can remember.  But it turns out that we may not need quite that much sleep...

15 Things to Try When You Can’t Seem to Sleep

Everyone has a sleepless night now and then, but if you seem to be struggling with sleep more nights than not, talk to your doctor to make sure you don’t have an underlying problem.  Then, use these 15 tips to help improve your sleep.   Exercise – Working out...

5 Surprising Effects of Sleep Deprivation

The evidence is piling up….sleep is critical to health and chronic sleep deprivation leads to real problems.  But as the body of research about sleep grows it has helped to expand our understanding of sleep deprivation, both chronic (long-term) and acute (short-term),...

Social JetLag: No Travel Required

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What You Need to Know About RLS

Experts believe that the sleep of 12 million Americans may be disrupted by a sleep disorder that many are not even aware they have.  The sleep disorder, Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS), causes sufferers to experience an overwhelming need to move their legs or other parts...

Don’t Let Summer Heat Steal Your Sleep

Even those of us who love the hot Arizona summers can struggle sometimes to get the sleep we need if our sleep environments are too hot, or too cold.  According to the National Sleep Foundation, temperatures over 75 degrees or under 54 degrees can make it difficult to...