It's a well-known fact that people spend one-third of their lives sleeping, but for as much time as you spend sleeping, how much do you think about your sleeping position? There's a lot more to sleep than you may expect— we don't just get comfortable in bed, fall...
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Allergies and Sleep Apnea: Finding Relief During Allergy Season
With the arrival of spring, you’re likely welcoming the longer sunny days, but for many, the return of warmer weather means it’s allergy season. Allergies can affect your quality of life. Quite often allergies or their treatment can lead to feelings of extreme...
The Surprising Connection Between Sleep And Mental Health
Public awareness of mental health struggles has made leaps and bounds in the last few years, but have you ever considered how your mental health can affect your sleep and vice versa? Twenty-five percent of Americans suffer from insomnia each year— in fact, it's one of...
The Connection Between Sleep Apnea and Hormones
Sleep apnea and hormones are more closely connected than you may realize. Hormones are a vital part of healthy sleep, and a good night's sleep is vital to healthy hormone production. However, even with proper sleep hygiene (meaning you have a great sleep routine...
Which Hormones Affect Sleep? 5 Hormones to Know About
There are dozens of different hormones that work together in your body to help keep you healthy inside and out. But of the many hormones in your body, which hormones affect sleep? You may be familiar with one or two hormones affecting your sleep, but some may surprise...
Hormones and Sleep: How Sleep Affects Your Hormones
Even just one night of poor sleep can make you feel awful. Not only are you exhausted and often cranky the next morning, but you may just feel "off" and you’re really not exactly sure why. This sense of imbalance is most likely thanks to your hormones, or...
How To Prepare For Daylight Saving Time (Whether You Spring Forward or Fall Back)
Do you look forward to daylight saving time every year, or do you dread it? Whether you love it or hate it though, daylight savings time can really throw off your routine and make it harder to get a good night's sleep. But that doesn't have to be the case. Whether you...
Why We Sleep (And Why It’s So Important to Sleep Well)
Everyone knows it's important to get a good night's sleep, but do you know why we need to sleep in the first place? When you're asleep, you're largely unaware of what's happening around you until you wake up. However, sleep isn't a passive process where you just close...
What Time Should I Go to Bed? Why You Should Go to Bed Before Midnight
Sometimes life has a habit of cutting into your sleep time. Maybe you're working late, struggling to get your kids to bed, or maybe you're just enjoying a quiet and relaxing night to yourself, and you lose track of time. Before you know it, you’ve stayed up later than...
New Study Finds Link Between Severe COVID and Sleep Apnea
It's 2022, and the COVID-19 pandemic seems to show no sign of slowing down anytime soon. While painstaking research continues to reveal more and more about the coronavirus than we originally knew, the findings are not always optimistic. One recent study has found that...