Sleep
Night Sweats Causes: Experts Explain Why You Sweat In Your Sleep
Q: Why do I sweat in my sleep? You fall asleep at a comfortable temperature — not too hot, not too cold — only to wake up a few hours later drenched in sweat. Sometimes, your pajamas are soaked through, and you might even feel the need to change your sheets before returning to sleep. […]
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The Effects of Sleep Debt
After surveying past studies of sleep-deprived mice, many of which Dr. Veasey conducted, the researchers found that when the animals were kept awake for just a couple of hours more than usual each day, two key parts of the brain were notably affected: the locus coeruleus, which manages feelings of alertness and arousal, and the […]
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War in Ukraine Has Left Eastern Europe Sleepless
WARSAW — For the past seven weeks, Dr. Simona Neliubsiene has struggled to focus on her patients’ charts, distracted by images of bombed cities flashing in her head. At night, she lies awake in bed, her heart thumping, frantically doom-scrolling through the latest news about Russia’s war in Ukraine. “I never had anxiety attacks before,” […]
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Using Melatonin or Benadryl to Sleep? Read this.
The first thing to know is that not all sleep medications are the same. “The myth is, ‘It doesn’t matter which one you choose, they all work the same way, they all do the same thing.’ They don’t,” said Dr. Andrew D. Krystal, a psychiatrist at the University of California, San Francisco, who specializes in […]
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On Daylight Saving, There Are More Options Than You Might Think
The United States could soon be living with daylight saving time year-round if the Senate has its way. Are there drawbacks to that plan? Yes, sleep experts say. But there are drawbacks to the alternatives, too. Here’s a breakdown of the options and what they could do to upend your daily life: What if we […]
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A Groggy Senate Approves Making Daylight Saving Time Permanent
Retail and leisure industries have argued that more light in the evenings would give consumers more time to spend money, and proponents also argue that lighter evenings would translate to fewer robberies and safer roads. More than a dozen states have enacted legislation to change to daylight saving time. But it would take an act […]
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U.S. House Candidate Apologizes for Behavior at Sleepover
A Democratic candidate for Congress in Oklahoma apologized in a television interview on Friday after parents complained that she drank and verbally abused children attending a sleepover at a friend’s home this month. The House candidate, Abby Broyles, a former television investigative reporter who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 2020, said that she […]
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Work Burnout: How to Spot Symptoms and What to Do
Changes in eating habits — either eating more or less than usual — can also be a sign of burnout: In the study of Italian health care workers, 56 percent reported changes in food habits. People might eat less because they’re too busy or distracted, or they might find themselves craving “those comfort foods that […]
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Melatonin for Sleep: How the Aid Works
“The impact it has on our sleep depends on the time of day that you take it,” said Dr. Martin, who is also a spokeswoman for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. “If you took a sleeping pill in the middle of the day, it would make you feel sleepy. If you took melatonin in […]
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