Sleep Disorders

Every Thanksgiving, the rumor goes around that eating too much turkey will make you tired. While there is tryptophan in turkey, it seems that the...

Oh, snap! We had the following important article about Drowsy Driving Prevention Awareness Week pre-written and ready to post two weeks ago, but got so...

Whether traveling for the holidays, business, or simply a week-long getaway, jet lag can happen to the best of us when traveling across time zones....

Sleep paralysis sounds like something only seen in a horror flick. You awake from a sound sleep, only to feel like you can’t move. You...

A recent study has uncovered a significant relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and sleep disturbances. According to the study, the relationship may be bidirectional...

Sleep is one of the things in life that most people feel they can never have too much of. Part of the reason you feel...

Excessive alcohol use can wreak havoc on your sleeping patterns for a number of reasons. While some people may believe that alcohol aids in being...

For people who have trouble sleeping, snore loudly, are overly tired, or have chronic fatigue, often the first step to a diagnosis is an overnight...

  Excessive sleepiness, particularly excessive daytime sleepiness, is the hallmark sign of hypersomnia. Hypersomnia can also be characterized by prolonged sleep at night. Up to...

A recent editorial published in the New York Times from Vatsal G. Thakkar, professor of psychiatry at N.Y.U. School of Medicine, discusses his beliefs that...

  It happens to the best of us. You have a late night snack, or even just a rich dinner and you end up paying...

Insomnia can be a real dream killer, and it’s a problem that plagues far more people than you realize. According to the National Institute of...

Bright light therapy, also known as phototherapy, is a helpful way to treat the winter blues, otherwise known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), as well...

An estimated 10 million people suffer from fibromyalgia here in the U.S., and up to six percent of the population worldwide have this condition, reports...

It seems that in this day and age, there are more and more difficulties plaguing our children. Between the rise in childhood obesity and the...

Shift work is a reality of our modern economy. Services don’t stop running when the sun goes down. Without night workers—nurses and doctors, toll booth...

Everyone needs a good night’s sleep each and every night. Unfortunately, for a large segment of the population that is a rare commodity. While there...

So your kids are finally past the stage of diapers and drooling and it seems that your life might finally settle down for just enough...

There are so many sleep ailments out there, that some tend to get overlooked. One such ailment that is often put into a comical category...

While there are all manners of cartoons and feature films (like the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan hit Sleepless in Seattle) dedicated to the chaos...

Medical Disclaimer: No claims are made for cures of any type within the following blog post. Check with your physician before following any regimen for...

Medical Disclaimer: No claims are made for cures of any type within the following blog post. Check with your physician before following any regimen for...

Anyone who has suffered from insomnia, particularly how to stay asleep at night, has spent a lot of time wondering about this very thing. Sleep...

Halloween is a mere twenty days away and while for the kids across the world, this is seen as a great thing, for many parents,...

My husband snores. It isn’t a cute little snuffle here and there or an occasional bad night. He snores like a buzz saw and it’s...

For one Pittsburgh surburbia teen, Sleeping Beauty isn’t just Walt Disney movie or fairy tale book. For Nicole Delien, Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS), sometimes referred to...

One of the most important things you need in order to properly function and have good physical and mental health, is an adequate amount of...

As the end of the fall semester looms ever larger, students across the country are hunkering down for the dreaded all-nighters: the non-stop cramming sessions...

I live in New York and right now, the days are abysmally short. It starts getting dark around 4 PM, and that’s about when I...

According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, somniloquy, also known as sleep talking is a condition that impacts half of all young children and...

Sleep, aside from food and water, is one of the most important things the body needs in order to repair itself, recover from injuries, and...

One of the most amazing moments in life is the joy of having a new baby. From the tiny clothes to the precious nursery, it...

It’s another morning you wake up after far too few hours of sleep. While you might think you can catch up on this lack of...

We’ve officially said goodbye to summer and are in the thick of the autumn season. With the changing of the leaves, comes unfortunately, the fall...