Do you wake up in the middle of the night, feeling like your joints are on fire? Does this pain prevent you from falling asleep at all some nights? Sleep and pain can create a vicious cycle of worsened pain and more sleep deprivation, especially if this pain occurs...

If you have obstructive sleep apnea you have an increased risk for numerous cardiovascular conditions from congestive heart failure to coronary artery disease to hypertension.  You’ll find many articles on our website including how sleep apnea increases the risk...

GERD and sleep apnea are often associated with each other with approximately 60 percent of patients who have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) also having GERD. If you have GERD then you know it often feels like burning chest pain that moves upward to the neck and throat....

Experiencing aches and pains? Then you know sleep and pain are not a good combination, especially chronic pain. The unfortunate reality for 50 million Americans suffering from chronic pain is significant sleep loss, poor sleep quality, and sleep deprivation.  If...

Is ringing in your ears keeping you awake at night? If so, you’re not alone. Many people with tinnitus complain that the intrusive sounds make it difficult to fall asleep. They often wake up the next morning feeling groggy and sleep-deprived too. Tinnitus can...

Thermoregulation allows your body to maintain its core internal temperature. It’s one of your body's most essential and important processes.  Many of your body’s critical day-to-day processes are controlled by enzymes and those enzymes are temperature...

You may not know it, but sleep apnea and high blood pressure have more in common than you think.  These two conditions are dangerous on their own, but they can be a real nightmare together. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is one of the most...

Do you struggle with allergy symptoms? Do they feel especially bad at night when you’re trying to fall asleep or stay asleep? Whether your allergy response is caused by dust mites, pet dander, or pollen, seasonal allergies are an all too familiar annoyance. They often...

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?...