Setting an alarm to go off an hour before your bedtime every night can remind you that it’s time to start getting ready for sleep, Dr. Varga said. Doing something relaxing during that hour, such as ...

Avoid late-night exercise: Although exercise is good for your health, doing it one to two hours before bed can disrupt your ...

From mental health to physical health, and even life expectancy — here’s how sleep impacts your daily life and why it should ...

You’ve probably heard the standard advice about getting eight hours of sleep. Maybe you even pride yourself on catching those full eight hours whenever possible—even if that means sleeping until noon ...

The mom of a 16-year-old night owl asks: How much sleep do teens need in the summer? Should parents wake up their teens at a semi-decent hour of the morning, or let them sleep? “He is turning into a ...

“Poor sleep isn’t just about feeling tired — it can actually affect how your brain ages,” says Raj Dasgupta, MD, a board-certified internal and sleep medicine specialist at Huntington Health in ...

Share on Pinterest According to the American Heart Association (AHA), we should be paying closer attention to all the ways in which sleep can impact cardiometabolic health. Image credit: Laura ...