5 Weeks to Better Sleep

When it comes to sleep, you need to get in the ‘goldilocks’ zone. Getting too little sleep can affect your health in the short term and cause problems with everything from remembering to driving. But getting too much sleep isn’t good for you either. Over time,...

Is Your Cold Keeping You Up?

If you have ever had a cold you probably know the answer to this question because it is often very difficult to sleep when you are feeling under the weather. This is unfortunate since one of the things you need most when you are sick is sleep. While it might seem like...

How Sleepy Are You?

It’s time to face facts … we are a nation of sleepy people.  Many of us just aren’t getting the 7-8 hours of sleep each night that experts recommend for good health.  The reasons we are so sleepy vary from diagnosed sleep disorders to bad sleep habits to stress to...

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...

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),...

Sleep and the American Family

Earlier this year, the National Sleep Foundation released the results of the 2024 Sleep in America poll.  The topic of this year’s poll was Sleep in the American Family and the findings are unlikely to surprise many people.  Overall, American families are struggling...