$119B projected size of the sleep aid market by 2030 The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the emerging monkeypox health crisis, rising inflation, climate change, global uncertainty, political unrest…There’s plenty of worrisome issues going on in the world to keep people up at night—and that’s before accounting for all the normal life stressors that come with juggling […]
When the lights go down in UCI’s Sleep Center, things can get a little strange. Although some of the overnight patients simply snore like lawnmowers, others sleepwalk, scream or act out dreams by kicking, pedaling and punching. To diagnose such symptoms, technologists in the Newport Beach lab’s control room observe video feeds from the clinic’s […]
Americans aren’t turning to pharmaceutical options as often in the never-ending battle for a good night’s sleep. The use of medication to treat sleep disturbances has fallen dramatically in the United States in recent years after several decades of climbing steeply, according to a study by a team of researchers led by a University of […]
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. Not being able to sleep at night is just the worst. You close your eyes, but your mind if running a mile a minute, you’re too hot or too cold, you can’t get comfortable or you’re suddenly feeling […]
The right sleeping position, pillow and mattress can make all the difference for people with lower back pain. Image Credit: fizkes/iStock/GettyImages Lower back pain can make it hard to get a good night’s sleep. And when you’re not well rested, you may find your back feels even worse. So what can you do to get […]
Your sleep cycle includes light, slow-wave, deep, and REM sleep, which repeat throughout the night. To get restful sleep, you need to spend the right amount of time in each stage of the sleep cycle. Good sleep hygiene can help prevent sleep cycle disruptions that leave you feeling less than rested. You might already know […]
Cannabidiol, commonly known as CBD, is a federally legal compound from the hemp plant. This second-most prevalent and non-psychoactive compound from hemp has many health benefits thanks to its powerful organic properties. As millions of Americans are grappling with sleep issues, most of them are turning to alternative sources of medicine such as CBD, which […]
ANI | Updated: Jun 10, 2022 22:26 IST Washington [US], June 10 (ANI): Growing up in an unsafe neighbourhood was associated with poorer sleep in adulthood, suggests the findings of a recent study on Black women.A total of 1,611 Black women in Detroit, Michigan, who enrolled in the Study of Environment, Lifestyle and Fibroids reported […]
If the otherworldly, soothing tones of binaural beats have been popping up in your “listen to next” feed, you might be wondering what these mysterious beats are and why they’re taking over the internet. It’s not a new phenomenon—a scientist discovered them in the 1800s—but a quick search for binaural beats online uncovers hundreds of […]
Multiple acupuncture therapies, especially acupoints catgut embedding (ACE), auricular acupuncture plus manual acupuncture (AP + MA), and electroacupuncture plus acupoint application (EA + APA) may benefit patients with primary insomnia (PI), a recent meta-analysis suggests.1 With moderate to low certainty of evidence, investigators found better effects on Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scores for acupuncture-treated […]