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POSITIONS: SLEEP RIGHT FOR YOU HEALTH! On your back, on your belly, right side, left side, elevated like in a reclin...

WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO DIE? This question is loaded with ambiguity and personal philosophy.  Some might answer, “In m...

DO YOU HAVE IDIOPATHIC HYPERSOMNIA? Idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) is a rare and complex neurological sleep disorder cha...

ARE SOLDIERS ABLE TO SLEEP WITH “ONE EYE OPEN?” Sort of. The phrase “sleeping with one eye open” is mostly metaphori...

Sleep is a necessary part of life, health, and is something we crave; but most of us are unaware of one very bizarre ...

Sleeping pills can be helpful in managing a stressful life; however, do they carry any risk? Lucky is the person who ...

TONSILLITIS: WHAT CAN YOU DO? Tonsillitis is when your tonsils—those two soft tissue pads at the back of your throat...

Insomnia can feel like your brain’s stuck in overdrive while your body begs for rest—and the causes are complex. Here...

While the mouth devices you get from a dentist, at pharmacies, or online can be effective in resolving issues caused ...

DO YOU GET LOCKED JAW? Locked jaw, or “trismus” happens when the jaw joint is stuck and won’t allow the mouth to open...

We hear news reports about bizarre illnesses that baffle doctors and scientists.  Flesh-eating viruses, super-bacteria, mysterious symptoms of a never-hear-of “syndrome”  leave us with fear of the unknown and fodder for the paranoid.  Even the TV show House exposed us to quite unsolvable maladies.  But, could the “Believe it or Don’t” invade our precious sleep, as well?  Certainly!  Sleep, too, has its share of the rare and strange; and if Homer Simpson could choose his own sleep disorder, it would undoubtedly be one of these.

You have stumbled onto an article that delivers some not-so-comfortable news for those of us who tend to “burn the candle at both ends,” meaning up late and up early.  Common in the “dog-eat-dog” world, millions of us want to squeeze every waking moment out of the given 24 hours for business success, school mastery, entertainment, or relationship building.