Sleep Articles
Browse Articles on Sleep Disorders & Sleep Problems
Is the snooze button bad for you?
(Originally published at upwave.com) -- Beep, beep, beep. Nothing pushes my buttons quite like that irritating sound coming from my bedside alarm clock in the morning. Luckily, my ticker comes with a snooze feature. Just one tap and I buy myself another nine minutes...
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Can I Sleep Too Long? Not if You Exercise
In the field of sleep medicine there has been a great deal of controversy as to whether or not it is unhealthy to sleep for too long. Numerous studies have been published showing short sleep duration to be associated with hypertension, diabetes, and premature death....
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10 Surprising Reasons You Might Be Waking Up In the Middle of the Night to Pee
Every week I see people whose sleep is disturbed because of frequent urination (nocturia). In the case of men, they are frequently put on medications for prostate enlargement that frequently do not work. In the case of women, they are usually placed on medications...
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Want to Stay Healthy? Shut Off Your Computer and Go To Bed
The old adage about “early to bed, early to rise” has more truth to it than we ever realized. We are finally coming to recognize how insufficient sleep affects our immune system. There have been several studies over the last twenty years that clearly demonstrate this...
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What Do You Mean I Was Sleeping?
Every year I see many patients that tell me that they get only a few hours of sleep each night. In fact, I have had several swear they barely sleep at all. In most cases, they honestly believe this to be true. Interestingly, if we bring them into our sleep lab, many...
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Valentine’s Day: The Gift of Knowledge for Your Heart and Sleep
In the last few years, there has been an explosion of information linking sleep and heart disease. We have come to understand not only the risks of untreated sleep apnea but also the consequences of insufficient sleep. Every year new studies are published that...
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