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Take a bath 90 minutes before bedtime to get better sleep

by  University of Texas at Austin Biomedical engineers at The University of Texas at Austin may have found a way for people to get better shuteye. Systematic review protocols—a method used to search for and analyze relevant data—allowed researchers to analyze thousands of studies linking water-based passive body heating, or bathing and showering with warm/hot water,...

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The health benefits of sleeping on your side

by Len Canter, Healthday Reporter For a study done on animals, researchers used dynamic contrast magnetic resonance imaging to see the brain’s glymphatic pathway. That’s the system that clears waste and other harmful chemicals from the brain, much like the way the lymphatic system clears waste from organs. The researchers found that brain waste was...

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Technologies that Can Improve Your Sleeping Habits

When you think about the connection between technology and sleep, you probably think about the negatives. Experts advise us to stay off of our devices in the evening to avoid stimulation from artificial blue light that suppresses our melatonin production and makes it more difficult for us to fall asleep. Image credit: Vladislav Muslakov via...