Sharon Brandwein

3 weeks ago | healthcentral.com | Sharon Brandwein

When it comes to managing eczema symptoms, coconut oil is one natural remedy that gets a lot of attention. Many people with eczema report that it helps soothe dry, itchy, and inflamed skin. Others aren’t so sure. And while the anecdotal buzz is strong, scientific research on coconut oil’s effectiveness is still catching up. Eczema, often referred to by its most common type, atopic dermatitis, is a chronic skin condition that affects 10% to 20% of children and 2% to 10% of adults worldwide.

2 months ago | prod2.sleepopolis.com | Swathi Varanasi |Sharon Brandwein

Using mouth tape for sleep is the practice of taping your mouth during sleep to encourage nose breathing, which is thought by some to improve sleep quality. Though not scientifically proven, mouth taping has also gained popularity for its purported potential to shape and define the jawline. Mouth taping is one of many sleep trends that have emerged on TikTok in the 2020s, the goal of which is to improve sleep for the 35.5 percent of us who don’t get enough sleep each night.

2 months ago | prod2.sleepopolis.com | Sharon Brandwein

For parents, couples, and siblings in large families, bed-sharing may not feel like much of a choice. Now, if your bedmates are quiet and cooperative, sleeping with company may not be so bad. On the other hand, if your nightly slumber is punctuated with the sounds of the buzz saw grabbing air next to you or the shenanigans and tomfoolery that only a toddler could come up with, you may lay awake at night daydreaming (because you’re certainly not sleeping) of sleeping alone.

2 months ago | prod2.sleepopolis.com | Sharon Brandwein

With love, patience, and time, every relationship turns into a beautiful dance. Day in and day out, life ebbs and flows, but you match your partner step by step. Take morning routines, for example; most couples wake at the same time; they go through the motions of their morning routine in a shared bathroom and maybe even leave the house at the same time. At the end of the day, said couple returns home to do the evening dance of dinner and bedtime routines.

2 months ago | prod2.sleepopolis.com | Sharon Brandwein

Relationships of any kind will always require compromise — the good ones, at least. And there’s probably no greater subject of compromise like bed-sharing. You like it cold — your partner likes it cozy. You like to sleep without being clotheslined at 2 a.m. — your 3-year-old has other plans. You like waking up peacefully to sunrise and birds chirping outside your window — the sound of your dog vomiting on your pile of decorative pillows yeets you out of bed in 3 seconds flat.