sleep

  • Why Does a Dripping Tap Make It So Hard to Sleep?

    Why Does a Dripping Tap Make It So Hard to Sleep?

    People describe the sound of a dripping tap in the middle of the night as anything from annoying to torture. Others sleep through, seemingly oblivious. ZeusAngered the gods to their stormThe earth to her fire roarAnd the quake between our feetFrom the tunnels we boreEars fail to let us dream, sleepLike a tap’s leaking torture.…


  • What to Do if Your Snoring Is Waking Up Your Partner

    What to Do if Your Snoring Is Waking Up Your Partner

    Snoring happens when the muscles and tissues that surround the upper airway (at the back of the nose to the throat region) vibrate during sleep. Snoring can disturb your bed partner’s sleep, and it can be a symptom of the most common sleep-related breathing disorder, obstructive sleep apnoea. Untreated sleep apnoea can have major adverse…