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SleepBetter’s Iso•Cool Pillow on NBC’s TODAY Show

Our Iso•Cool® pillows, mattress pads and toppers keep you cool all night long.  No more flipping the pillow to find the cool side! These pillows are great for couples who like different bed temperatures, and that’s why it was featured this morning on NBC’s TODAY Show.  Check out the video below for a segment on married…
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Why Sleep Texting is Serious Business [VIDEO]

The idea of people being so attached to their cell phones that they send text messages while asleep is a little amusing, but it’s serious business in terms of the impact it has on your night’s sleep.  Specialist Dr. Josh Werber gives the rundown of the problems caused by sleep texting to CBS New York in…
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Could Singing Stop Snoring?

New research is pointing to singing as a potential cure for snoring. The research, conducted at Exeter University, had 30 snorers try vocal exercises for a few minutes every day for three months.  The exercises were devised by a singing teacher who wanted to help a friend stop snoring.   By the end of the…
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One Third of Couples (or More!) Are Sleeping Apart

We’ve talked before here at SleepBetter.org (here, here and here) about the benefits of couples sleeping apart, but for many it’s still a rather foreign idea. It turns out, though, that perhaps more couples have separate beds than previously thought. As reported by the CBC (among others) more and more people are realizing that sleeping…
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Just One Night of Bad Sleep Can Equal Relationship Trouble

Think about what you’re like when you haven’t slept well.  Maybe you’re cranky, or moody, or have a short attention span.  It turns out the threshold for those symptoms to cause issues in a relationship is lower than you might think.  In fact, it’s one night. In the research, conducted at the University of California…
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Research: Sleep Apnea Sufferers At Risk for Glaucoma

Researchers in Taiwan have discovered that people with sleep apnea are far more likely to develop glaucoma compared to those without the sleep condition. The results of this study, which is the first to calculate the risk of the disease among people with the sleep disorder following diagnosis, is published in this month’s edition of…
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Camping: A Cure for the Night Owl

It’s just part of nature.  Some of us are early birds and some of us are night owls.  The problem for the night owl, however, comes when he has a job that requires he wake early in the morning.  So, what’s an owl to do?  New research says there is a solution that works and…
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Tech in the Bedroom Means Less Sleep for Kids

It seems somewhat intuitive, but in case there was any doubt, new research has proven that kids who have technology in their bedroom get less sleep. The research, conducted in Helsinki, Finland, looked at children aged 10 and 11.  The study started in 2006, when children were asked to complete a questionnaire about their health behaviors….
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Poor Night’s Sleep? Maybe a Full Moon is to Blame

For thousands of years, people have blamed many things on the full moon … anything from bad behavior to the tendency to turn into a werewolf.  Now, research is pinning another problem in the big white orb in the sky — poor sleep. Swiss scientists were originally studying the sleep patterns of 33 subjects to…
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Beauty Rest: Skin Ages More When You Don’t Sleep

Beauty sleep is real. New research commissioned by the cosmetic company Estée Lauder showed that poor sleepers exhibited increased signs of skin aging when compared to good quality sleepers.  The findings were presented earlier this year at the International Investigative Dermatology Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland. The study also found that inadequate sleep patterns were linked to…
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