Sleep health What is sleep apnea, what are the symptoms, and how to take action Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. What are the symptoms and risks of sleep apnea? How do you treat and manage sleep apnea?
Sleep health Sleep and Oral Health Brushing your teeth may be part of your nighttime routine, but are there more connections between sleep and oral health?
Cognitive performance What Is Non-Sleep Deep Rest? (And why does Google CEO Sundar Pichai use it to unwind?) NSDR helps slow down your thought-flow and brain wave frequency, allowing your brain and body to rest deeply. It can help with sleep, stress, anxiety ... and even learning.
Physical performance Want to sleep better? Lift some weights. Results of a new study show that resistance exercise promotes better sleep among inactive adults, especially those who are poor sleepers.
Sleep health Why Your Wake Time Matters More Than Your Bedtime for Improving Sleep Sticking to a regular morning wake-up time is one of the best things you can do to improve your sleep tonight. (And the next night, too.)
Protocol guides Protocol: Worry Time Exercise Reflecting for a moment, do you experience any negative thoughts aimed at your sleep? Or do you lay down to go to bed and feel as if your mind "turns on" ...
Biological rhythms Why the Best Time to Drink Coffee Is Not When You Wake Up It may sound like impossible advice but there's science behind postponing that first cup of joe.
Nutrition Does Salt Help or Hurt My Health and Sleep? Salt is growing as a focus of health and body regulation. But does it have any impact on sleep? Let's find out...
Sleep health It’s Time to Ditch Sleep Hygiene and Get on Board with Sleep Health Sleep hygiene is not effective and science has so much more to offer. Here's how sleep health can help move us forward.
The Sustainability of Sleep and Maintenance Zones When we start to see the benefits of our changes, our motivation can increase, and changes are easier to make and maintain. However, it is very common for us to hit bumps in the road...
Sleep health Words to Sleep By Recent studies have shown that positive words played during sleep can give us deeper & more refreshing sleep. Here we examine those findings and see how we can apply it to our sleep routines.
Sleep 101 What Is REM Sleep and Why Is It Important? You may know that REM is the sleep stage when your most vivid, weird, and occasionally scary dreams occur. You should also know that it's essential for memory consolidation, mental focus, and emotional regulation.
Spotlights Sleep during pregnancy- Insights and tips from Dr. Jade Wu Good sleep during pregnancy can be hard to get and even harder to know when to see your doctor. Dr. Jade Wu lets us in on her experiences.
Sleep health Why This Should Be Your Only New Year’s Resolution for 2022 Sleep is a crucial part of our health and wellbeing, but rarely makes an appearance on our New Year's resolutions list. We may want to reconsider that.
Sleep health Does Tryptophan in Turkey Really Make You Sleepy? Why does turkey make you sleepy? You've finished your Thanksgiving meal and now you're ready for a nice nap. Is the bird to blame?
Sleep health Sleep, The Immune System, and COVID-19 Vaccines Studies have shown poor sleep can impact antibody production, which help vaccines do their job. Now that COVID-19 booster shots and options for different age groups are here, researchers are racing to find out how sleep and the COVID-19 vaccines interact.
Sleep tech The New Generation 3 Oura Ring: What's In It For Your Sleep? We examined all of the data comparing the Oura 2 vs. 3 and have put it together for you here. Learn more about Oura ring's 3rd generation
Sleep health How does Alcohol Impact Your Sleep? Alcohol has a sedative effect that someone might mistake as relaxing or helpful with sleep, but from a physiological perspective that is not the case.
Sleep health Nighttime Urination Nighttime urination is not a sleep problem itself, however it can affect the quality of your sleep.
Physical recovery Sleep and Muscle Recovery If there’s one aspect of training that many athletes neglect, it's the importance of sleep to their strength and recovery routine. But that's when the magic happens.
Getting started Sleep hygiene basics and myths We all think we know everything about sleep hygiene, but in case we are missing something...