They’re heavily promoted. Your optometrist may even prescribe them. But when we looked at the evidence, this is what we found.
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Articles on Insomnia
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The hunt for sleep has become a global industry, with apps, drugs, self-help remedies. In a new book, author Marie Darrieussecq contemplates the curse of insomnia.
Naps can be rejuvenating and beneficial to attentiveness and overall health, but the length of naps and the time of day are key.
Exposure to screens before bedtime can contribute to chronic sleep deprivation, which raises the risk for anxiety, depression and even suicidal thoughts.
Wake up! It’s time for bed. Here’s how to make sure you can actually fall asleep when you get there.
Self-help articles and books usually point to the things we can do personally to get a good night’s sleep. But the wider social and economic causes of insomnia deserve more attention.
Make it stop! Six ways to stop your racing mind and get the sleep you need.
Sleep is one of the most important things we do.
CBD isn’t a miracle cure for everything that ails a person – but science shows that it has the potential to help treat a number of health conditions.
Here are some tips of how to rethink the sound of your leaking tap, which should help bring you a decent night’s sleep. Or you could just fix the tap.
If you’ve had trouble sleeping during or after a COVID infection, you’re not alone.
Brown noise sounds like the ocean and some people say it helps them sleep. Here’s what the science actually says.
People – particularly women – take a little longer to fall asleep when they are next to a casual partner or single.
Age is no longer the only definition of midlife. An expert in aging explains why.
Menstruating women who sleep less than six hours a night suffer worse periods. But leading treatments for insomnia rarely look at menstrual health.
The thoughts are often distressing and punitive. Strikingly, these concerns vaporise in the daylight, proving that the 3am thinking was completely irrational and unproductive. But why?
To keep our health care providers healthy, we need to help them sleep.
Distraction in poor sleepers could be linked to a different brain process than previously thought.
What is it about chamomile tea, milk and cocoa that could help us sleep better, and what does the evidence say?
How you can gauge investors’ sleepiness by using Google search data.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia
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Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Mental Health and Intersectionality, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor of Aging Studies, University of South Florida
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Professor of Sleep Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Research Fellow, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
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Clinical Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor in Optometry and Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Research Coordinator and final year PhD Candidate at FHMRI Sleep Health, Flinders University
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SHARP Professor, leader of the Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, UNSW Sydney, and leader of the UNSW Node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer, Pharmacology, Women's Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Health Psychology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Psychological Medicine, BMRI & Disciplne of Psychiatry, University of Sydney
