Spring is here. So are my allergies.

05.07.2009

Sneezing, itchy eyes, nasal congestion, runny nose… Spring’s symptoms are upon me.  And getting a good sleep is tough.  How do you cope with allergies? Here are a few suggestions from The National Sleep Foundation: Take a hot shower before bed. It opens the nasal passages and washes away allergens that settle on the hair [...]

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6 Reasons Why My Grandparents Can’t Sleep

05.07.2009

My grandparents often complain about  how little sleep they get.  Most often their sleeplessness is due to bodily aches and pains .  But sometimes they “just couldn’t sleep”.  The National Sleep Foundation has a thorough article on Aging and Sleep which helped me learn a lot about changes in sleep patterns as we age.  Apparently,  older [...]

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Short Nap vs Long Nap: Shorter is better

03.12.2009

Are you an unsatisfied nap taker? I feel your pain and want to clue you in to one of the most important elements of nap taking I learned my senior year in college. I was a health major and wrote my senior honors thesis on the effects of nap taking on college women.  In my [...]

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Cold, Gray, Rainy…I’m staying in Bed!

03.06.2009

I’m sure I’m not the only one wanting to stay in bed when it’s raining. Spring is on the way, but where I live we’ve headed back into cold and rainy territory. It’s been gross today, making me want to stay in bed all morning and curl up on the couch all afternoon. I did [...]

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Sleep Deprivation Checklist

03.05.2009

Want to live longer? And how about living better too.  Every time I turn around, it seems I read something about bad things happening to good people who don’t make the effort to get proper sleep over the long haul.   So what is proper sleep? More on that later.  For starters, let’s bring you up [...]

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