Dr. Elliot Reeve

A bedroom can sound quiet enough and still keep the sleeping brain on duty. Night-time noise does not need to wake you fully to matter. The evidence is clearer for repeated peaks, traffic bursts, and aircraft noise than for every small household sound, but the mechanism is straightforward: the auditory system remains partly open during … Read more

CBT-I treats chronic insomnia by retraining sleep timing and habits. It is first-line care, but not a quick fix or a cure-all for every sleeper.

Rotating and night shifts push against the circadian clock. Here is what the evidence says about sleep loss, health risks, and what actually helps.

Keep your bedroom cool enough for your body to shed heat, because that temperature dip supports deeper sleep, steadier energy throughout the next day.

A nightcap can make you sleepy fast, but the evidence shows it fragments sleep later in the night and can worsen snoring and sleep apnoea.

Sleep inertia can make mornings feel foggy after 50, but sleep timing, sleep debt, medicines, and safety matter more than willpower or blame.

Daytime naps can restore alertness after 60, but long, frequent, or morning naps may flag poor sleep, illness, medicines, frailty, or wider health context.

Irregular bedtimes can flag circadian strain and cardiometabolic risk, but sleep timing needs context, not self-diagnosis or rigid perfection.

Snoring after 50 is not a diagnosis, but paired with sleepiness, pauses or cardiovascular risk, it can justify a proper sleep apnoea assessment.

Melatonin may help some circadian timing problems, but it is not a general sedative. Timing, dose, product quality, and medical context matter.