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Pregnancy can be a wonderful and exciting time, but it can also bring about its fair share of challenges. Getting enough sleep is essential for everyone, but it is especially important for pregnant women. Getting a healthy amount of sleep promotes healthy fetal development as the body releases growth hormones during sleep, which facilitate the baby's growth and development. Inadequate sleep during pregnancy has been linked to low birth weight, premature birth, and other complications. A healthy sleep routine reduces… Read more

Do you have permanent eye bags under your eyes, after you joined med school? Can you not sleep however much you try? Constant exhaustion? Randomly sleeping in the middle of the day? If these situations have been constant and have been causing a major hindrance in your life, you might be looking at something bigger than “routine problems”. Sleep disorders are illnesses that impair a person's ability to operate normally when they are awake by affecting the quantity, timing, or… Read more

Sleep and health are directly proportional. There are several pieces of research available to justify the impact of sleep on overall health yet the discussion of sleep remains limited to its disorders. Sleep as a health concept is very rare, and even if it is there, the scope is not as broad as should be. It is high time we change this pattern! Understanding Sleep Health and the Lack of definition As mentioned above, the study of sleep has limited… Read more

Pregnancy is a time of great change—not just for your body, but for your sleep habits, too. You may find that you can’t get as much shut-eye as you did before you became pregnant, and adjusting to a new sleep schedule can be tricky. Luckily, there are some sleep positions that are more comfortable during pregnancy. We’ll walk you through them below. Keep in mind that what works for one woman might not work for another, so experiment until you… Read more