Now this is crazy stuff: have you ever seen the popular reality show "Deadliest Catch" on the Discovery Channel? It is one of my favorites; I seem to just find it fascinating. It's about Alaskan king crab fishermen up in the Bering Sea, and what they risk to get...

The news of celebrated newsman and Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert's sudden passing last Friday took many people by surprise. He was only 58 years old; even his own father, who became the basis for Tim's last book, has outlived him.

By Monday morning, the stories about...

Now this is scary stuff. I just read an article reporting new research on the effects that insomniac parents can have on their children. The gist: if you suffer from chronic insomnia and have adolescent kids, they could be at a higher risk not only for insomnia themselves,...

Are you an insomniac? If so, then which kind? The one who flat-out can't ever get to sleep? Or are you the type who falls asleep okay but then has a restless night of tossing and turning as you struggle to stay in dreamland? If you're the latter, there's hope--maybe.

Recently, I was reading an article online about the health problems plaguing Americans as worries about mounting debt trigger extreme stress. Rather than blaming things like back pain, headaches, ulcers, depression, and even heart attacks on a specific underlying medical cause, all fingers are pointing toward plain old stress.

Air travel just got more dangerous. A new report just came out indicating that flying strains the hearts of people with sleep apnea.

Obstructive sleep apnea is the most common form of the disorder; breathing becomes halted or very shallow for short bursts of time during sleep....

If you find yourself having the proverbial brain freeze at work all too often, and you know you suffer from sleep apnea (or think you do because you just can't feel rested after a long night's sleep), then listen up: it's time to reach for the green tea.

My trusty industry journal, Sleep, just published another study confirming what we've known for some time: waist size affects sleep quality. The bigger you are, the bigger your chances are of not getting a restful night's sleep.

An overview of the study was recently posted on WebMD,...

A thriving career. A house with 2.5 kids, the average. Time to exercise. A vibrant social life. A great romantic relationship, whether married or not. And you sleep like a baby at night for a full X-hours, whatever you need to feel like a million bucks the next day. Is...

It doesn't get much grosser than this recent report that sent chills down my spine. After "Dateline" NBC did a show on used mattresses, the International Sleep Products Association (ISPA) commended them last week for exposing the hazards of buying a mattress that does not meet federal and...

Now this is hilarious: Check out this site and scroll through the slideshow images of famous people we all know (without being plastic surgeons) have had a nip and tuck -- or two. The article, which talks about the quest to live longer and look younger, takes a funny...

The clock ticks faster on Sunday night. Or so it seems. It's because you know you're down to hours before Monday morning--the blaring alarm clock (if you still need one), the commute, the In Box, the co-workers, the To Dos, the work itself... the daily grind.

There's a name...

Attention wives whose husbands snore at night: you hold the key to shutting him up and aiding in treating his sleep apnea.

Not long ago, you might recall a comment I made about CPAPs ruining relationships in the bedroom due to their "unsexy" factor. The Continuous Positive...

...he or she sleeps fewer than 12 hours a day.

At least that's what a new study from Harvard is showing. Babies and toddlers who slept fewer than 12 hours a day had a doubled risk of being obese at age 3 than the other children. And if...

No more excuses, please. Seriously. A new study that just came out, which I read about in an online article from an industry magazine, is bad news for women who don't sleep well. I think it's bad news for all of us.

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center...

Is Your Spouse's CPAP Machine Ruining Your Sex Life?

I can't pass up the opportunity to blog about this recent MSNBC headline: "Do you think I'm sexy? Apnea aid raises doubts."

It's the white elephant in the room. The thing no one wants to notice much less talk...

When I got back from vacation this week and was brushing up on the headlines I'd missed, this one immediately caught my eye:

"Sleep well: American zombie myths dispelled. Contrary to conventional wisdom, Americans get 8 hours of shut-eye nightly."

The person who penned that headline knew it would cause...

The clock is ticking. You don't dare look at it to learn how far past your bedtime it is, or how close to getting up it is (but you do hear birds chirping). 

In my last post, I mentioned how this year's new National Sleep Foundation Poll...

How many of you heard news this week about a new study in our sleepless society? It's been all over the media: the National Sleep Foundation just released its 2008 Poll showing just how bad our sleep deprivation is getting. 

Americans spend about 9.5 hours a day cranking...

Like we need one more reason not to smoke, especially during pregnancy (and even for the men in the house who create second-hand smoke): new science is telling us that the increased risk for SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) among people exposed to nicotine is very real. And very explainable.