Improving your sleep can improve your health
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Do you toss and turn and have trouble falling asleep? Or do you wake in the middle of the night and struggle to get back to sleep?
About a third of adults in the U.S. report that they don’t get the recommended seven hours of sleep each night. About one in ten people struggle with chronic insomnia.
This Sunday, we’ll leave Daylight Savings Time and reset our clocks back an hour, messing with our sleep schedules. It’s also a great time to think about how you can reset your sleep habits.
Coming up at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a sleep expert about why sleep is so important for your body and your mind, what’s keeping people up and how to deal with common sleep problems.
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And we want to hear from you, too.
If you’ve had problems sleeping, how did a lack of good sleep affect your physical and mental health? What helped you get better sleep? And, what questions do you have for the sleep doctor?
Call us during the 9 a.m. hour at 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828.
Guest:
Dr. Michael Howell is a neurology professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School focused on sleep research. He sees patients through M Health Fairview's sleep clinics and is also the chief medical officer for GEM Sleep, a Minnesota-based virtual clinic with patients nationwide.
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