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Dr. Michael J. Breus: Tee Off on This: Sleep Better, Golf Better

I don’t know any avid golfer who isn’t looking for tips to improve his or her game. Some of my golfing friends are real fanatics, incessantly talking about ways to reduce the number of strokes it takes to get through eighteen holes. And now I finally ...

From DR. MICHAEL J. BREUS, Huffington Post,  20 Nov 2009

Dr. Michael J. Breus: Fact or Fiction: You Can Catch Up on Sleep Over the Weekend

If we're watching our weight and "blow it" on any given day, we're told it's okay because we can make up for it the next day and get back on track. But what about when we lose sleep? Can we catch up over the weekend and, say, sleep in on Sunday morning ...

From DR. MICHAEL J. BREUS, Huffington Post,  17 Nov 2009

Dr. Michael J. Breus: Housework After Sex, Not Sleep

Hold on to your seatbelt for this one. Professor Elwyn Isaac from England's University of Leeds has just discovered an astonishing behavior among fruit flies: after mating, females ditch their usual afternoon siesta in favor of engaging in intense ...

From DR. MICHAEL J. BREUS, Huffington Post,  4 Nov 2009

Dr. Michael J. Breus: When Power Snoring Exceeds a Power Saw

Dr. Breus, aka The Sleep Doctor, is the author of Beauty Sleep, available on Amazon. Think you've got it bad putting up with a snoring bed partner? Well, think again. This month a British woman has been recorded as one of her country's loudest snorers. ...

From DR. MICHAEL J. BREUS, Huffington Post,  2 Nov 2009

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Dr. Michael J. Breus: Andy Rooney on Sleep

Yes, Andy, we do sleep about a third of our lives away. And I agree, it would be nice to have a gauge on us to let us know when we need to get some shut eye or when we've had enough, much like a battery light that comes on to tell us it's time to ...

From DR. MICHAEL J. BREUS, Huffington Post,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Andy Rooney

Dr. Michael J. Breus: Pilot Fatigue to Blame?

If you learned upon landing that your plane's pilots had overshot the airport by 150 miles because they fell asleep at the controls, what would you feel? I'd feel a mix of the above. In this week's latest hit to the airline industry, a Northwest ...

From DR. MICHAEL J. BREUS, Huffington Post,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Federal Aviation Administration

Dr. Michael J. Breus: Tic-Toc: News about Your Clock

According to these researchers, who hail from mathematics, the cells responsible for maintaining the clock in the part of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nuclei, or SCN, don't fire all day and night like previously thought. The cells that control ...

From DR. MICHAEL J. BREUS, Huffington Post,  19 Oct 2009

Dr. Michael J. Breus: Big Decisions Decided After All-Nighters?

Imagine having to make a huge decision that may affect the lives of millions.  Your constituents have voted with confidence in your ability represent them on issues like health care and education. But after months of contentious debate, when the ...

From DR. MICHAEL J. BREUS, Huffington Post,  12 Oct 2009

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Dr. Michael J. Breus: Buying A Mattress - And The Survey Says:

October's Consumer Reports features a review on something most people find frustrating, and almost everyone asks me about: buying a mattress.I've written about this chore numerous times, and offered lots of tips to making it as painless and inexpensive ...

From DR. MICHAEL J. BREUS, Huffington Post,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Consumer Reports,  Costco

Dr. Michael J. Breus: Attention Parents with an Autistic Child: Is a Sleep Clinic in Order?

Nothing could be more challenging, exhausting and rewarding than raising an autistic child. Not only is the situation difficult for doctors and parents alike, but it's manifested in oh-so-many ways across a spectrum of symptoms and to varying degrees ...

From DR. MICHAEL J. BREUS, Huffington Post,  30 Sep 2009

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