If you struggle to get to sleep at night, the light in your room could be to blame. Blackout curtains — those heavyweight curtains that block sunlight from streaming in your windows in the morning and keep streetlights from lighting…
If you sleep with your cell phone in your bed at night, you’re not alone. Nearly 62% of Americans sleep with their phones, according to a report from Reviews.org. While this may seem harmless enough, sleeping in close proximity to…
You may have a favorite sleeping position that helps you drift off into slumber. Unless you’re a vampire, that position is one of three possibilities — relaxed flat on your back, curled onto your side, or snug on your belly.…
When most people hear the words sleep deprivation, they probably think of something out of a spy movie. Days and days without any sleep at all. And while that is one form of sleep deprivation, it turns out that even…
Restless leg syndrome (RLS), also called Willis-Ekbom disease, is a disorder characterized by the uncontrollable urge to move your legs (via Mayo Clinic). This typically occurs as a result of discomfort and tends to happen in the evening or nighttime…
Dealing with acid reflux is tough enough during the day, but when it begins to disrupt your sleep, you might find yourself struggling to come up with a solution to make it through the night. Fortunately, you can lessen symptoms…
‘Pink noise’ might sound like something made up to sell sleep aids, but it’s actually a pattern of sound as old as rainfall and the human heartbeat. It is comparable to white noise, a sleep aid that has been in…
Falling onto your mattress and sliding under a warm blanket after a long and tiring day tops the list of life’s little pleasures. But what would happen if you fell onto your mattress without a blanket to slide under? We…
We’ve all done it. Something — whether work or play — tempts us to skip out on a couple hours of sleep. We tell ourselves that we can just take a nap the next day or catch up on the…
Sleeping with a window open can provide some serious health benefits — but depending on the weather, it can also lead to an incredibly uncomfortable sleeping environment if you’re not careful. From the sounds coming from outside to the temperature to…