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The one thing that all parents of young children have in common? We cherish our sleep. That’s not surprising since we don’t get very much of it. W...
There is no sound worse than those first five notes of an alarm clock first thing in t...
Huffington Post is proud to partner with American Sleep Association (ASA) to promote sleep awareness. Did you ever notice that when you're exhauste...
The more quality sleep we get, the better we function. While important to everyone, this is especially critical for our military personnel, whether ac...
It's no real surprise that many Americans don't get as much sleep as they need. But it's not like we're doing it on purpose. Sometimes we wake up in t...
My junior year high school English teacher told the class not to turn in late papers, "because you do your best work in the middle of the night anyway...
So, the time has come for you to finally upgrade your bed. Deciding to make the commitment is a huge step as you get ready to undergo change and delve...
We all know that it is optimal to get 8 hours of sleep per night. The benefits of sleep for our health, happiness, and productivity have been ...
We’ve all heard about the Paleo diet. Essentially, it is based on eating only the types of foods assumed to have been eaten by early humans dur...
The feature allows you to set evening alarm times that will remind you when it is time to go to bed in order to meet your individual sleep need.
An awful lot has been written about walking pneumonia, and the entire nation is having a teach-in about the condition. But it's actually an opportunity to have a teachable moment about a much larger condition -- the fact that our culture incentivizes our politicians to go around like walking zombies.
Everything I've done over the course of the last four years was to prepare me for the moment I stepped onto the sand at Copacabana Beach in Rio. I am a two-time International Triathlon Union World Champion and a 2012 Olympian. And on Aug. 20 I won the triathlon at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio -- earning America's first gold medal in the event.
Being a new mom, I knew that exhaustion was part of the parenting package. But when I was often too exhausted to keep up with second workouts that once came so naturally, I knew I needed a change. Cue training for sleep!
As thousands of young people across the country prepare to head off to college, here are a few findings from the Chegg study -- which surveyed 473 students from a mix of public and private colleges -- that I found most illuminating.
Screen time at night keeps adults from falling asleep and sleeping well due to cognitive stimulation and sleep deprivation. Your brain's electrical activity increases, neurons race and divert you from calming down into a peaceful state of mind for sleep.
It's no secret that not sleeping enough - which is typically considered to be less than seven hours of sleep per night - can cause weight gain, even if you're on a weight oss diet.
