Weed & Sleep

Weed & Sleep

Are you a fan of marijuana and also value a restful night’s sleep? Well, unfortunately, you might not be able to have the best of both worlds. While it might make you feel tired and relaxed in the moment, smoking pot or trying it out in any other forms before bed...

Children, Down Syndrome, and Sleep Problems: What Parents Need to Know

If you are a parent or guardian of a child with Down syndrome, it probably does not surprise you that up to 60% of children with Down syndrome may have a sleep disorder according to a study performed by the University of Michigan.  The study also indicated that all...

5 Things You Should Not Do in Your Bedroom

Heathcliff and Claire Huxtable (The Cosby Show) had a scientifically perfect (sometimes annoyingly perfect) bedroom ritual. Each night after sending their children to bed and turning off all the lights in the Huxtable household, Dr. and Mrs. Huxtable went into their...

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Sleep

If snoring wasn’t enough, science proves that there’s more done in the process of sleeping than just the creation of loud noises. Did you know that night shift workers tend to have more health and sleeping problems than non-shift workers? Did you know that there is...

Animals’ Sleep: Is There a Human Connection?

How Sleep Works Giraffes can go without sleep for weeks, while brown bats sleep for nearly the entire day. The golden dormouse carefully balances itself on the branch of a tree to sleep, and any quiver of the twig wakes it up immediately. From the minuscule tree shrew...

Does someone’s snoring keep you up at night?

If someone in your home has problems sleeping at night, they are not alone.  It’s estimated that over 70 million Americans have sleep disorders.  But unfortunately, 95% of people affected go without help. Valley Sleep Centers help people get to the root of their...