Insomnia: 3 Tips to Get to Sleep

In a recent segment on ABC News, Diane Sawyer spoke about the insomnia epidemic affecting American women.   Today’s women are struggling to juggle the multiple demands on their time from jobs to families to finances and it is keeping them up at night.  Lack of sleep...

4 Mistakes You Might Be Making that are Costing You Sleep

There is nothing more frustrating than feeling exhausted all day and then once you finally crawl into bed, finding yourself unable to sleep.  You toss and turn staring at the ceiling for hours, only to finally drift off just hours before the alarm alerts you it’s time...

5 Sleep Myths that May be Making You Sleepy

D o you find yourself hitting the snooze button more than a couple times each morning or joking with your coworkers about how coffee keeps you going all day long?  If so, you are not alone.  Almost 70 million Americans have some type of sleep disorder that keeps them...

Bolster Bedtime with a Better Bedroom

Earlier this year, the National Sleep Foundation published the results of their first ever Bedtime Poll.  The findings show that the key to getting a good night’s sleep may be building a better bedroom.  By looking at the preferences of respondents in terms of...

A New Front in the Battle over Bedtime

Recent research from Australia may open a new front in the battle over bedtime.  There is no doubt that parents have the most significant impact on the sleep hygiene and habits of young children.  There is also significant research indicating that poor sleep patterns...

Can Lack of Sleep Give You High Blood Pressure?

In recent years, new research into sleep and its effect on the body has shown several significant relationships between sleep disturbances and disorders, and major health problems.   A new study recently published in Hypertension, an online journal of the American...