Posts by: Sleep Center of Middle Tennessee

Spring is coming, along with the unfortunately familiar itchy eyes, runny nose, and regular sneezing of seasonal allergies. Up to 40% of Americans suffer from allergies, or allergic rhinitis. If you also suffer from sleep disorders like insomnia or sleep apnea, those...

This year’s theme for Sleep Awareness Week is Celebrate Sleep Health! It’s easy to take sleep for granted, until it becomes a serious problem, and everyone deals with sleep deprivation at some point, but improving your sleep health can be as simple as making 5...

Millennials are tired. Healthy adults need at least seven hours of quality sleep nightly and Americans already have a sleep deficit problem. But, increasingly, millennials are getting less and less of the restorative sleep they need.  The problem with...

At the end of a long day, many of us enjoy settling into bed with our phones or watching TV. In fact, 90 percent of Americans say they look at an electronic device several nights each week shortly before turning in according to WebMD. That’s in addition to the average...

It might be time for divorce—a sleep divorce, that is. Perhaps you’re asking yourself, what is a sleep divorce? You may even be thinking it sounds like the end of a romantic relationship. Yet, a sleep divorce is increasingly popular of late, and in some instances may...

We’ve all experienced a sleepless night or two. Yet the lack of sleep side effects you likely didn’t realize are connected, may convince you it’s time to take your sleep seriously. Recently, a spike in reports of disturbed sleep caused by stress and anxiety related to...

Late fall and winter may bring a lot of great things, from holidays to beautiful seasonal colors and mugs of warm drinks--but it can also be prime time for upper respiratory infections. With vague symptoms like a runny nose, cough, headache, sinus pressure and a...

Everyone gets angry... occasionally. Especially during periods of high stress. It’s also safe to say that right now, during both a global pandemic and a heated election period, many Americans are feeling anxious and dealing with additional circumstances that may be...

We joke about taking a quick snooze when our friends bore us with conversation, but imagine if you were so tired that you really could suddenly fall asleep? Moreover, picture feeling as if you can't move upon waking or seeing vivid dreamlike hypnagogic hallucinations...

Grandpa was a snorer and so is your mother. Does that mean you're genetically destined to snore too? Studies show that snoring is linked to genetics. Coming from a family of snorers makes it 3x more likely that you currently snore or will start. Is Snoring Genetic?...