by Sharon Brock | Jan 24, 2025 | Restorative Sleep, Profiles
By Sharon Brock, MS, MEd Bay Area native Cheri D. Mah, MD, MS has made a name for herself as the pioneer of bringing sleep medicine to professional athletes to enhance performance. Specifically, she is hired as a consultant to offer research-based sleep strategies for...
by Nicole Molumphy & Sharon Brock | Aug 12, 2024 | Restorative Sleep, Metabolic Health
By Nicole Molumphy, BS and Sharon Brock, MEd, MS Do you ever get those late-night cravings or feel like your hunger is never satiated? Research shows that consistent short sleep duration (less than 7 hours per night) can influence metabolic health, affect the function...
by Angel Cleare & Sharon Brock | Aug 11, 2024 | Restorative Sleep
By Angel Cleare, BS and Sharon Brock, MS From Oura Rings to Fitbits, wearable sleep-tracking devices are all the rage in today’s technology-driven world. In 2020, almost 30 percent of US adults used wearable healthcare devices. But rather than running out to buy...
by Sharon Brock | Aug 8, 2024 | Restorative Sleep, Daily Habits, Stress Management
By Sharon Brock, MEd, MS Millions of Americans share a similar experience every morning. The alarm goes off, but they’ve already been awake for hours in bed. They hit the snooze button to squeeze in a few more minutes of precious rest, not realizing they were...
by Sharon Brock | Aug 8, 2024 | Restorative Sleep, Profiles
By Sharon Brock, MEd, MS Like a Renaissance explorer, the insatiable curiosity of Jamie Zeitzer, PhD, drives him to explore big questions as a senior researcher and co-director of the Stanford Center for Sleep and Circadian Sciences. After 25 years of conducting sleep...
by Mary Grace Descourouez & Sharon Brock | Aug 8, 2024 | Restorative Sleep, Daily Habits, Stress Management
By Mary Grace Descourouez, MS, NBC-HWC and Sharon Brock, MEd, MS Many of us have heard that looking at our phones or iPads at night can keep us awake due to light exposure, however, research shows this may be true for children, but there is not sufficient evidence to...