Managing Jet Lag
Many people who travel regularly know all too well that jet lag can significantly exacerbate insomnia. In addition to making it harder to sleep, jet lag can also result in…
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The Mind and Body During Sleep
During the night, we pass through five stages of sleep that, collectively, are termed REM (rapid eye movement) sleep and non-REM sleep. REM sleep is commonly called dream sleep while…
Improving Sleep By Managing Stress
An important stress management technique that is essential for improving your sleep is cognitive restructuring. Cognitive restructuring (CR) means to change our mental, or cognitive, responses to stress. CR is…
Long Sleep Duration is Associated with Increased Cardiovascular Risk
Research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association from the United Kingdom has found that long sleep duration is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease while…
CBT-I Is The First-Line Treatment For Midlife Women With Insomnia And Hot Flashes
Self-reported sleep problems are common in peri- and postmenopausal women and have been identified as a key symptom of the menopausal transition. Insomnia symptoms, particularly middle-of-the-night or early morning awakenings…
Sleep Apps Are Unproven
Sleep apps (SA) remain among the most popular apps downloaded for Apple and Android devices. The number of available SA is continually growing. SA claim to track and define sleep.…
CBT-I Is The First-Line Treatment for Chronic Insomnia
CBT-I (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia) is the most effective cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for any adult health problem. It is more effective than cognitive behavioral therapy for depression, panic…
Sleep Loss Does Not Lead to Overeating and Obesity
Widely publicized claims have linked sleep loss to weight gain and obesity. These claims are based primarily on two very small studies conducted by the same researchers on young male…
Long Sleep Duration, But Not Short Sleep Duration, Predicts Mortality Risk
The largest meta-analysis to date on sleep duration and mortality risk, involving 35 published studies and over 1.5 million adults, found that the increased risk of death associated with sleeping…
Influential Report Advises Against Sleeping Pill Use By The Elderly
The Beers list uses specific criteria to identify and list inappropriate, high risk drugs in the elderly that should be avoided in favor of a non-drug approach or safer medications…