Sophie Alderton
How to Reset Your Circadian Rhythm — and What That Has to Do With Your Skin
Walk down the skincare aisle and you will eventually meet the phrase "night repair." The idea is that your skin, like a nocturnal janitorial crew, does its real work while you sleep — and that if you…
The Mask You're Afraid to Wear: What CPAP Therapy Actually Does to Your Body and Your Relationships
There is a sentence people say to their sleep physician, usually looking at the floor. No one is going to want to sleep next to me wearing that thing.
Reading the Numbers: What Your myAir Data Actually Says About Sleep Apnea Treatment
You have heard, probably from a forum or a well-meaning friend, that the real test of CPAP is how you feel in the morning.
CPAP for Sleep Apnea: I Wore the Mask for 90 Nights to See If "It Gets Easier" Is True
Every newly diagnosed patient hears the same sentence, usually from a sleep tech, sometimes from a forum stranger at 2 a.m.: Just push through the first two weeks, and CPAP gets easier.
CPAP Therapy and the People We Sleep Next To: Three Ways Couples Actually Handle It
A man lies awake in the dark. He is not gasping for air — that's the point. The machine on the nightstand is doing its job, pushing pressurized air through a tube into a mask strapped to his face, and…
The 40-Minute Debt: What Sleep Deprivation Actually Does to Your Metabolism
Here is a number that has done more rhetorical work than it can support: about 40 minutes. That's roughly the amount of weekday sleep debt — the gap between what people got on workdays and what they…
I Filed a Sleep Apnea Claim With the VA: What the Process Actually Takes, Tested Three Ways
A veteran whose obstructive sleep apnea requires a CPAP machine is rated by the VA at 50% disability — flat, automatic, no argument about severity once the machine is prescribed.
Sleep Apnea Treatment: What the First Month Actually Asks of You
You have probably already heard the discouraging version. Sleep apnea means a machine strapped to your face for the rest of your life, and most people give up on it inside a year anyway.
Starting CPAP Therapy: What the 4-Hour Number Actually Means
There is a number that will follow you for the next ninety days, whether anyone tells you or not: four hours a night, on 70 percent of nights.