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Health retreats are a good place to learn new skills for maintaining health and put new healthy habits in place, and therefore an ideal place to work on sleep.

Good sleep involves managing how you live throughout the day, not just focussing on what you are doing at night.

Binge drinking or using illicit drugs can have significant effects on sleep long after they are out of your system.

As you make New Year's resolutions, it's important to make sleep a priority rather than something that can be traded off to make space in our schedule.

Does a nightcap help with sleep? Is this a good strategy or a road to trouble? It’s very common for me to see people who use alcohol to help with sleep, and 28% of insomniacs have used [...]

Marijuana or cannabis use is common, particularly before bed time, but does it help with sleep?

Do herbal supplements help sleep? Many people use herbal supplements for sleep. The most commonly used herbs are valerian and hops, but there are a number of others that can also be effective. [...]

Marijuana (cannabis) use is common, particularly before bed time. Does it help with sleep? A surprising number of people I see use cannabis or marijuana, some socially and some to help wind down [...]

What is melatonin? Does it help with sleep? Melatonin is commonly promoted as a sleep aid.  In many countries it is available over the counter, so quite widely used.  In Australia it requires a [...]