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Does Mewing Help Sleep Apnea?
Several disorders can impact sleep, including sleep apnea, a medical disorder characterized by regular pauses in breathing while a person is asleep. This common condition can very much disrupt your sleep, leading many to seek treatments. One of those treatments that’s gained some traction on social media? Mewing. Enthusiasts claim it offers various benefits, including relief for sleep apnea symptoms. But what exactly is mewing—and can it help with sleep apnea? Here’s what you need to know.
What Is Sleep Hygiene & How to Improve Your Sleep Hygiene
As you likely know, a good night’s sleep is essential for you to function at your best—and sleep hygiene is a part of this. But what is sleep hygiene, exactly—and how do you improve yours? Read on to learn everything you need to know about sleep hygiene to achieve your best sleep yet.
Does Sleeping Burn Calories?
We often think of sleeping as “shutting off” our brains and bodies, but the truth is that a lot happens during sleep. Sleep is when you dream, of course, but it’s also when your body releases hormones and repairs cells. All that internal activity takes energy, which burns calories. In this article, we’ll explore more about how the body burns calories during sleep, plus how you can calculate the average number of calories burned each night.
How to Sleep After Wisdom Teeth Removal
Although wisdom teeth removal may be commonplace, it’s still considered a major surgery. As with any surgery, there are special considerations about how to sleep after your oral procedure. This article will share advice from a doctor of dental medicine on how to sleep safely and comfortably after wisdom teeth removal.
How to Prevent Bug Bites at Night
As much as you might love summer for the warmer weather, it’s also bug bite season—and many annoying pests come out at night. Whether you’re sleeping indoors in the comfort of your bedroom or off having a camping adventure outside, it’s possible to get bitten by mosquitos and other critters while you’re sleeping. Thankfully, there are steps you can take to both prevent bug bites at night and get relief from bites you already have. Here, learn how to keep mosquito bites from ruining your sleep.
Can Sleeping Make You Taller?
Your genetics, nutrition, and habits primarily determine your adult height. The human growth hormone makes you grow taller and is typically released while you sleep during your development years. While sleep is vital for overall health, its impact on height is complex. Whether you’re curious about what factors contribute to your adult height or want to ensure your child develops as healthily as possible, you’ll find some interesting insights in this article as we delve deeper into this topic.
Ketamine and Sleep: What's the connection?
By now, you’ve probably heard of ketamine. It’s often described as a “miracle drug” for people living with major depressive disorder (MDD), particularly treatment-resistant depression (TRD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). But you may not yet know about ketamine’s potentially significant effects on sleep. This article will explore everything you need to know about ketamine and sleep.
Recovery After Birth: How to Sleep for Physical Healing
Sleep is crucial to recovery. It allows your body to repair and rebuild tissues, build muscle, create protein, reduce inflammation, and support the immune system. So, it should come as no surprise that sleep is also paramount for recovery from birth. Prioritizing sleep postpartum can help you feel better faster. How can you get (some of) the rest you need with a newborn? Here are five suggestions for new parents.
Best Mattresses for Athletes (2024)
Recent social media posts show elite athletes using cardboard beds to prepare for major events. We've covered how crucial sleep is for performance and recovery, and the right mattress plays a key role. Whether you're a pro athlete or a fitness enthusiast, here's how to choose the best mattress to support your muscles.
Do Breathing Necklaces Work?
Anxiety can make it difficult to get quality sleep. More and more products are popping up that are intended to help ease feelings of anxiety and send you off to a peaceful dreamland. One example of a product that’s trending right now is the breathing necklace: a slim necklace that resembles a whistle but is used to help you take slow, deep breaths to calm a racing mind. Let’s explore everything you need to know about mindful breathing necklaces and whether they’re worth the investment.
How to Sleep With an Ear Infection
It’s hard to sleep when you’re sick. But there’s one illness that can make it especially hard to fall and stay asleep—and that’s an ear infection. So how, exactly, do you sleep with an ear infection? And if you have a baby with an ear infection, how can you help them get the sleep they need to overcome their infection and get better?
Nasal Strips for Sleep Apnea & Sleeping: Do They Work?
If you’ve had issues with snoring or sleep apnea, you’ve probably noticed the shelf of nasal strips at your local drugstore. These simple, drug-free adhesives are designed to open your airways so you can breathe through your nose overnight. But is there any research to support nasal strips for better sleep? And what do doctors have to say about using them for sleep apnea? Here’s what you need to know about how effective nasal strips are in helping to manage sleep apnea and other sleep issues.
Somatic Therapy: What Is It & Does It Help Sleep?
Most people view therapy as sitting on a couch talking to a therapist about their feelings and experiences. But it can also be more about the body than the mind: Cue somatic therapy. Devotees claim that somatic therapy is the key to releasing trauma from the body—and improving health (including sleep!) in the process. But what is somatic healing? Is somatic therapy evidence-based? What kind of benefits can it offer—and if you decide to pursue this type of therapy, where should you start?
How to Sleep With Vertigo
As you may already know, sleep is essential for your health and well-being. Yet certain medical conditions can prevent good quality sleep. Vertigo is one of many medical issues that can cause poor sleep. Although living with vertigo can pose several challenges during bedtime, there are methods you can adopt to encourage sound sleep. If you’re seeking better sleep, here’s how to sleep with positional vertigo and other types of vertigo.
Benefits of Sleeping in the Dark
In many cultures, sleeping in darkness is associated with things that go bump in the night. Add in scary movies, ghost stories, and our predisposition to fear the unknown, and it’s no mystery why we clutch our security blankets at night. However, every person’s first experience with sleep is in the womb—enveloped in warmth and total darkness. Darkness is truly nature’s gift for getting a good night’s rest. The trick is rerouting your mindset and making small changes to receive it.