Ever wonder why some mornings you wake up ready to go, and others you feel like a zombie? The difference often comes down to when you wake up during your sleep cycle, and that’s exactly what a sleep ...
Most experts recommend getting seven to nine hours of sleep a night — so why do we sometimes get a full night’s rest and ...
Dr. Sasha Hamdani, a board-certified psychiatrist known on TikTok as @ThePsychDoctorMD, has taken to the platform to share her three hacks for improving sleep, and she promises that trying them out ...
In my last post, I asked, "Are you getting enough sleep?" Today, in an effort to better understand the role of sleep in our lives, I ask a very basic question: What happens when our heads hit the ...
If you’ve woken up way too early for no good reason, going back to bed for that extra hour of sleep may not be as beneficial as you’d hoped. Instead, you’re better off just staying awake, because ...
The risk of getting dementia may go up as you get older if you don't get enough slow-wave sleep. A 2023 study found that over-60s are 27 percent more likely to develop dementia if they lose just 1 ...
You drag yourself through the afternoon feeling exhausted, finally give in to a nap, and wake up feeling worse than before you laid down. That groggy, disoriented, almost hungover feeling isn’t your ...