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How does a sleep study work?

Thursday night and all day Friday, I embarked on a sleep study. It’s been a very different and maddening experience. What is exactly do you do during a sleep study? Let me explain: Thursday night I arrived that the Sleep Clinic. They checked in me in and gave me a quick survey (“Was today a [...]

I’m doing a sleep study, here’s why.

According to the National Institute of Health, more than 40 million Americans suffer from chronic, long-term sleep disorders, and there another 20 million that report sleeping problems occasionally. After all, Americans spend over $2 Billion (yes, that’s billion, with a “B”) on prescription sleeping pills. I don’t take prescription sleep drugs (more on what I [...]

Stressed out? Take this pill.

It’s been very, very crazy over at the Balcom Agency. We’ve got a lot going on. On top of that, there’s the rest of my life which is full of  the typical stress like cars not working and guacamole being so expensive at Chiptole. If you’re anything like me, when you are very busy and stressed, it’s tough to [...]

What I’m testing right now: Dream:On App

As new technological advances and medical findings come along, I’ll be posting things that I’m testing (mostly so you won’t have to). Over the next week or so, I’ll be testing out this brand new iPhone App: Dream:On. This app has some very big promises: Do you want to create your perfect dream? Perhaps you [...]