Photo: Pond5 This autumn, daylight savings time has us “falling back” — or gaining an hour of sleep — during the wee hours of Sunday, November 1. While that may sound like the perfect way to recover from a weekend of Halloween fetes, it can be surprisingly jarring on the body. RELATED: …

Photo by Patrycja Tomaszczyk Do you know when the last time you got a full night’s rest was? If you can’t remember, well, you’re not alone, but your body is definitely asking for some serious snooze time — whether you can feel it or not. The American Sleep Association recommends eight …

Photo: Pond5 Maybe you’ve heard, but we spend a full one-third of our lives asleep. “A mattress is so important since it’s the one thing that is closer to us than anything else when we are sleeping, during that one-third of our lifetime,” says Dr. Neil Kline, a board certified …

Photo: Pond5 When you get in bed and cozy into your covers at night, you probably don’t put much thought into whether you’re on your side, back or stomach. But if you snore like a bear every time your head hits the pillow or you wake up feeling stiff as …

Photo: Pond5 That old wisdom about getting a solid eight hours of sleep per night? Not exactly true. In fact, the amount of sleep you need is totally unique to you — and may not necessarily be eight straight hours. According to a wide variety of studies, the average optimal …

Photo: Pond5 If you’ve ever felt like grabbing a few of those airport cinnamon pretzels the afternoon after catching a 5 a.m. flight, you can blame biology. That’s the conclusion of a new University of Chicago study that was published in the journal Sleep. Researchers discovered that people who got …

It’s 3 p.m. on a Tuesday and you’d do anything for a donut… with chocolate filling… and those rainbow sprinkles on top. Are you hungry? Bored? You may just have a case of the “sleep munchies.” According to a recent study published in the journal SLEEP, a lack of zzz’s …

Photo: Pond5 It turns out there’s some truth to the idea of “waking up on the wrong side of the bed.” According to research, how you feel at the beginning of the day can have a big impact on how you feel all day long. That’s why we checked with …

Photo: Pond5 Whether you’re an early bird or a ‘wake-up-at-noon’ sort of person, there are times when getting up with the sun to work out can feel far less appealing than burrowing deeper into your bed. That’s why we asked 15 fitness professionals what they do to avoid getting stuck …

Photo: Pond5 You hit snooze on the regular, have been thisclose to falling asleep at your desk, and fantasize about nap time. But are any of these sleepy behaviors normal? We checked in with Daniel Shade, MD, director of the Comprehensive Sleep Center in the Allegheny Health Network to find out …