If you live in a big city, chances are your neighbors aren’t getting enough sleep. Board certified sleep physicians recommend 7-8 hours of sleep per night, and based on a newly released dataset, none of the major U.S. cities get that amount of sleep, [...]
A new study shows that sleep efficiency (SE) is predictive of survival time for women with breast cancer. Sleep efficiency is the number of minutes of sleep divided by the number of minutes in bed. New research involved 97 women with advanced breast cancer. The [...]
As 2013 comes to an end, we take a look back at our top sleep-related stories of the year. Counting down from No. 5, these are the articles on Sleepeducation.com that received the most views in 2013: 5. Sleepless in Japan Maybe a comfy [...]
Health and fitness tracking are a booming business rooted in our smartphones. Calorie counters help us watch we eat. Workout trackers log the miles we run and bike. But can sleep apps improve the way we sleep? Search on the App Store or Google [...]
We're trained as internet users to Google (or Bing) any question we need answered. Thanks to an ever-evolving algorithm, most of the time these search engines return useful websites and information. But don't use Dr. Google to find medical advice. Medical information offered up [...]
The powerful technology that keeps us connected, entertained, and informed is deeply ingrained in our lives and our culture. We carry around phones as powerful as personal computers, a movie about Facebook almost won an Oscar and every new Apple product announcement is celebrated [...]
Earlier this week The Telegraph reported that a sleep talking blog has become the latest sensation to sweep the Internet. Karen Slavick-Lennard said she was accustomed to hearing her husband Adam’s unusual comments. She even repeated them to friends for their amusement. Then she [...]
