Spending more time in bed and letting your body’s natural rhythms take over could be good for your health.
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The time at home from the coronavirus crisis could be an opportunity to let our natural sleep rhythms take over.
By improving sleep, research shows that post-concussion symptoms in adolescents may also get better.
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Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia provided remission of insomnia in 80 to 90 per cent of adolescents in a research trial, and improved their overall concussion recovery.
There’s a biological reason why a warm bath before bedtime can improve sleep quality.
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Millions of people struggle with falling asleep. A review of thousands of studies shows a possibly simple solution: a warm bath.
Simple strategies such as setting a regular wake-up time, and tracking sleep patterns, can help women beat insomnia during pregnancy.
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Insomnia impacts more than 20 per cent of women during pregnancy. And it is treatable.
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It’s not just babies who have trouble sleeping.
Getting a baby to fall asleep can be exhausting.
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Adults are not the only people in the US who have problems with sleep – babies and children suffer from loss of sleep, too. Two pediatric sleep experts explain how you can help your little ones.
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New research pinpoints why so many students struggle to nod off at university.
Quetiapine is increasingly prescribed a sleeping drug.
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Quetiapine is an antipsychotic drug to treat severe mental illness, but it makes people feel sleepy, so has also been used as a sleeping pill – by prescription and illicitly.
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Our genes are important when it comes to aptitude for sleeping soundly.
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Sleeping tablets such as Ambien can have serious side effects.
Research shows that just 10 minutes of meditation per day can increase business students’ physical, mental and emotional awareness.
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Classroom meditation shows promise for improving student attention, focus, happiness and self-awareness.
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Poor quality sleep is almost guaranteed over the festive period. Here’s how to get some decent shut-eye.
Worrying about not being able to sleep pushes it further away.
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If you’re tossing and turning in the middle of the night, these techniques may help you to nod off.
Sleep is the time for our brain to reboot.
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Although it may appear you’re “switching off” when you fall asleep, the brain is far from inactive.
Results may vary.
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Many hope that marijuana will help their insomnia. A sleep psychologist examines the evidence.
The evidence so far suggests off-label prescribing for insomnia places users at unnecessary risk of harm.
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Quetiapine, sold under the brand name Seroquel, is a short-acting antipsychotic drug to treat major mental illnesses. It has also been increasingly prescribed off-label for insomnia.
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A new study sheds light on the link between poor sleep and thoughts about suicide.
Just five more minutes … can a coffee before a nap really help you pay back your sleep debt?
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Can drinking a cup of coffee before taking a short nap really give you the energy you need to see you through the day?
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Non-addictive and cost-effective, music can reduce the time it takes you to fall asleep and lessen sleep disturbances.
What colour is your light?
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The wrong kind of light can seriously impact your well-being.