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Prescription Drugs and Your Sleep

Prescription drugs to aid sleep as well as those intended for other...

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Snoring and Sleep: For Both You and Your Partner

Snoring is more than just a nighttime disturbance. It can be a...

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Exercise, Fitness, and Sleep

Maybe you’re training for a triathlon. Or perhaps you’re just...

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Students and Sleep

Wake up. Schoolwork. After-school activities. Dinner. Homework....

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Sleep Disorders: Narcolepsy

Narcolepsy is sometimes misdiagnosed or mistaken for depression, a...

Eight Straight Sleep Polls

Do you think you might have a sleep problem? Take our sleep problem quiz, then compare your responses.

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Q: Having a hard time falling asleep

~ Beth Elhard

A: There are may be several reasons for this, perusing the eightstraight.com forums may help you better identify your cause, or post more general information about your lifestyle for further help. 

PHYSIOLOGY

Sleep powers both your mind and your body.  Learn what actually happens while you sleep- and how can you make the most of it.

Sleepy's BodyDiagnostics Program How Sleepy’s BodyDiagnostics Program Can Help You Find the Perfect Mattress

You shouldn’t have to rely on guesswork to find the mattress that’s perfect for you. The Kingsdown BodyDiagnostics® system, available at Sleepy’s the Mattress Professionals, is a unique tool that uses scientific research and metrics to determine what mattress will give you the best night’s sleep.

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The Science of Sleep: Overview

The Brain in Sleep: Understanding Sleep Stages

One way to understand more about sleep is to look at it the way an EEG machine does—in other words, to study the pattern of our brainwaves as they change throughout the night. Sleep scientists did exactly this for the first time in the 1950s, and what they discovered then remains just as fascinating today.

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Students and Sleep

Wake up. Schoolwork. After-school activities. Dinner. Homework. Socializing. TV. For many students, high school and college alike, this cycle is standard practice five or more days each week.

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Sleep First Aid: What to Do When You Can't Get Your Eight Straight

You’re on the go. It’s hour seven in your twelve-hour workday and simply put, you’re beat. In a culture at hyper-speed its not easy getting the seven to eight hours of sleep we need for healthy living.

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The Science of Sleep: The Rhythms of Sleep, Part I: The Clock and the Drive

We all know that some of us like to sleep late, while others like to get up early. And we know that this is more than just habit or preference; it seems to have something to do with our innermost identity, like preferring crowds over solitude or vice versa. We might even consider it an idle question, except for one thing: nothing about sleep is trivial, because most of us don’t get enough of it.  The more we can learn, the better.

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