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The Sleep Checklist

February 11, 2024 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Humans need sleep like food. Much as with recipes, there are many elements that make for good, joyous sleep. Just as a checklist won’t make you a great chef, this checklist may not give make you a great sleeper. But every little bit helps. 1. My sleep place is as cool, comfy, dark, safe as […]

Time Rules Life

August 9, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Time rules life, and body clock medicine is back.  New research is reviving interest in body clock health and performance, letting a public habituated to a “time free”24/7 lifestyle recognize their internal time can no more be ignored than their  heart, muscle and brain. Diet and cancer are two prominent areas for body clock research. But will […]

It’s About Time

June 14, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

  Timed Lives Time rules life, and body clocks direct and define much of yours. Twenty-four hour (circadian) clocks continue to be implicated in most aspects of human health, joy, and performance.  A recent  British study out of the UK Biobank of 91000 people recently refocused attention on how disruptions in body clocks play out in depression and […]

Night People in the Day World

May 17, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

What Happens When Biology Opposes Society Are you a night person (owl) or morning person (lark)?  You may not be sure.  The majority of people fall in-between, sometimes called sparrows or hummingbirds. But if you’re a true night person, beware. It’s not easy working in the Lark Work World.  For owls, every work day can feel like […]

Happy Enemies of Sleep

March 29, 2018 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Cellphones, televisions, pads, monitors, are not generally considered unwitting enemies of sleep,  yet often are.   We have great fun with electronic lights,  but we are not built for light at night. At night we are designed to sleep. A recent study from Kenneth Wright’s group at the University of Colorado highlights for preschoolers what has long been […]

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