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Have you wondered about something related to sleep, but just can’t find the answer?  Lots of people do, and that’s why we created Ask SleepBetter.  You can ask your own question on the SleepBetter Facebook Page, or by using our Ask SleepBetter contact form.  We will try to answer as many questions as possible, but we are not…
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This is the latest installment of a regular feature here at SleepBetter.org: Sleep Myth Monday, where we bust sleep myths wide open, or verify that they’re actually not myths at all. Myth or Truth:  If you find that you’re tired in the early afternoon, it’s a sure sign that you’re not getting enough sleep. MYTH…
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What’s the key to long life?  According to new research, that depends upon whether you’re a man or a woman. The study, conducted at Melbourne, Australia’s Monash University, investigated how diet contributed to sleep quality and mortality among elderly men and women.  It found that for both genders, poor sleep was strongly correlated with poor appetite and poor…
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This is the latest installment of a regular feature here at SleepBetter.org: Sleep Myth Monday, where we bust sleep myths wide open, or verify that they’re actually not myths at all. Myth or Truth: You should never wake a sleepwalker, because the shock could give them a heart attack. MYTH There’s no evidence that awakening a…
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Many have tried, but thus far all have failed to make the day after the Super Bowl a national holiday.  Because of that, most of us have to get up at our normal time and go to work or school on Monday.  Follow these tips to make it as painless as possible: Don’t stay up…
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New research shows that kids who unplug before bed not only sleep better, but also sleep a lot more. Researchers analyzed surveys on sleep and technology habits completed by 738 students at seven randomly selected schools in the Midlands region of England in 2010.  They found that kids ages 11 to 13 slept significantly less when…
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It’s been a cold winter for a large part of the United States this year.  It’s been so cold that schools have had to cancel due solely to the cold and not because of snow.  When you think about how cold it has been, think about how it would be if you slept outside.  That’s…
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This is the latest installment of a regular feature here at SleepBetter.org: Sleep Myth Monday, where we bust sleep myths wide open, or verify that they’re actually not myths at all. Myth or Truth: Eating a big meal (like this delicious looking cheeseburger) right before going to bed will cause nightmares. MYTH There’s no scientific evidence…
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An interesting new piece of research reinforces the fact that our minds are amazing things.  It turns out that if you think you got a good night’s sleep, your mind acts like you did. The “placebo effect” is your body healing itself or relieving pain because you’ve been told you were given medicine, even if…
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Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health say that more sleep can help reduce the chance of developing prostate cancer as much as 75-percent. The research, presented recently at the American Association for Cancer Research Prostate Cancer Foundation Conference on Advances in Prostate Cancer Research, was a five-year study on about 930 Icelandic men.  Iceland…
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