People I work with can tell you: I’m a night owl. I’ve received a few chuckles at the time of day my e-mails are sent.
Is there anything wrong with staying up late and sleeping in a little?

I don’t think so, but a new study says that people who stay up late have a darker outlook than those who get up early in the morning.
The Brazilian study, lead by Dr. Maria Paz Loayza Hidalgo, was published in Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences.
According to the research, night owls were nearly three times as likely as early birds to experience symptoms of severe depression. …read more

If you have back pain, you know that it can be hard to get a good night’s sleep. Finding the perfect mattress can be a never-ending search. Some people swear by waterbeds, others by foam, and so on.
More stores these days are offering 30-day trial periods for their new beds and mattresses. That’s a great deal because even if a bed is comfortable in a store, you have no way of knowing how comfortable it is for an entire night – night after night – until you’ve given it a try.
What may have felt like a cloud in the store, …read more