Sleep Economy: Tracking, Hacking, Buying Rest
The sleep industry hits $585 billion as Americans invest in mattresses, trackers, and supplements to optimize rest. But obsessing over sleep data might actually backfire.
Feb 15, 2024
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The sleep industry hits $585 billion as Americans invest in mattresses, trackers, and supplements to optimize rest. But obsessing over sleep data might actually backfire.
Feb 15, 2024
Trials now show insufficient sleep impairs insulin sensitivity directly, independent of weight gain, reshaping how doctors talk about diabetes risk.
Nov 2, 2024

Falling asleep requires your core temperature to drop, which is difficult when the night does not cool. The fixes that work target body temperature rather than room temperature, and cost very little.
Aug 13, 2026

Tirzepatide just earned an approval that has nothing to do with the scale. Here is what SELECT, FLOW and the new sleep apnea data show.
Jan 8, 2025

One in five people who live through conflict develops a mental health condition. Most of the useful advice is unglamorous: fix sleep, ration news, keep routine, and treat connection as a necessity rather than a nicety.
Aug 13, 2026

Fear, disrupted sleep, grief and irritability are common during conflict. Evidence-based support begins with safety and practical care, while recognizing when professional help is urgent.
Jul 25, 2026

A new WHO discussion brings cognition and mental health into menopause care, where sleep, mood, symptoms and individual medical history all matter.
Jul 31, 2026

Children absorb far more than parents realise, and silence does not protect them. What helps is honest, age-appropriate information, predictable routine, and adults who manage their own distress in front of them.
Aug 13, 2026

For much of the Gulf's working population, the conflict is somewhere their family lives and they do not. The particular difficulty of that position is helplessness, and there are things that genuinely help with it.
Aug 13, 2026

Decades of trials back creatine for muscle and strength, and newer research is testing brain benefits, but the hype has outrun some of the data.
Aug 19, 2024

New research on mindful technology use reframes burnout as a work-design problem involving notifications, norms and control, not just an employee resilience problem.
Jul 24, 2026

One patient cannot bear a bedsheet touching their feet. Another cannot feel a nail through their shoe. Both have diabetic neuropathy, and the second is in more danger than the first.
Jul 28, 2026

Tirzepatide just beat semaglutide head to head in a major trial. Here is what SURMOUNT and SURPASS data actually shows about hitting two receptors.
Dec 9, 2024
