Sleep Guides

Quick answer There is no single "best mattress" - only the right match for your body, sleep position and budget. Research on chronic back pain found medium-firm mattresses outperform firm ones; heavier bodies need firmer support, lighter bodies do fine softer. A good mattress lasts 7-10 years. Most shoppers overspend on marketing spec-sheet gimmicks, not […]

Quick answer Sleeping with a humidifier running at 30-50% relative humidity can ease a dry throat, stuffy nose and dry skin, and can take the edge off snoring caused by dry airways - especially in winter, when heating dries out the air. The catch is upkeep: a dirty tank breeds mould and bacteria and can

To a large degree Daylight Saving Time is a European and North American complication, while parts of Oceania and South America have been forced to negotiate this method during Southern Hemisphere summers too. Countries in Africa and Asia generally do not observe Daylight Saving Time, primarily because they cannot really justify it. Daylight Savings and

We are all guilty of it. Snuggling down somewhere to read a book or study and the conditions are hardly ideal to continue to read without falling asleep. If this is you and you want to achieve more reading before going to sleep read on... How to avoid sleep while reading. To avoid falling asleep

With the Insomnia phenomenon taking over the world finding out what is causing a lack of sleep is at the forefront of the insomniac's mind. Believing that if they can pinpoint a cause a quick cure can be applied. In most cases finding the cause, insomnia will never be quick or easy. Gone are the

Quick answer You usually wake up mid-dream, not because anything went wrong, but because of how REM sleep is arranged across the night. REM periods start short and get longer the closer you get to morning, so your last stretch of sleep is often the most dream-heavy one - and if your alarm or a

Without needing any medical expertise, I can tell you without any equivocation that the worse your mood, the less likely you are to sleep well. How Does Your Mood Affect Your Sleep? If you are in an angry mood shortly before bedtime, you will not sleep well. If you are in a depressed mood shortly