May 7, 2015 | Sleep and health, Sleep Articles
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 30% of adults are not getting enough sleep on a regular basis. The CDC also reports that adults should get about 8 hours per night, although some adults need more sleep to feel rested, and some need less....May 1, 2015 | Insomnia, Sleep Aids
As we become more aware of the dangers of over-the-counter and prescription sleep aids, less people are turning to these drugs for insomnia relief. In fact, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the rate of prescription sleep aid use is lower than...Aug 4, 2014 | Sleep Articles, Sleep tips
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...Feb 10, 2014 | Sleep and health, Sleep and women
The first week of February is National Women’s Heart Health Week which provides an excellent opportunity to talk about the connection between sleep and heart health. In recent years, research has repeatedly shown how important sleep is to our health and well-being...Jan 14, 2014 | Sleep and health, Sleep Articles
One of the tasks of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is to monitor, assess, track, and report on public health hazards. To the public, this generally means things like flu outbreaks or food poisoning events. But in recent years, the data collected by the CDC...
