Let’s debunk a few myths. You can't make up for lost sleep by sleeping more next time, or by sleeping-in on weekends. And a too-long afternoon nap, too late in the afternoon, will disrupt your night’s sleep. But a nap however, the...
I know how easy it is to pop a pill and go to sleep. Been there done that. I'm not even talking about the hard stuff. OTC sleep medications say they're not habit forming, but I tell you, it's so much...
For decades, many have labeled themselves as either a ‘morning person’ or a ‘night person’. Researchers have used the terms, ‘morningness’ and ‘eveningness’. More recently, the names ‘Larks’ and ‘Owls’ has been used. Whatever the name, it is a phenomenon...
Has your vacation ever looked like this? Arrive. Collapse. And get a cold. (You were after all, working around the clock beforehand.) Argue with your spouse. Drink and eat and sleep-in till all hours like you're a teenager. And then get back home feeling exhausted and very unready for work. What...
Just over a year ago, I read an alarming series of facts. The American Academy of Pediatrics declared the chronic sleepiness of our nation's teenagers a public health epidemic. The resultant physical and mental illnesses were even more alarming. Through no fault...
