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sleep

[sleep] / slip /




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Following Miller’s first house call, Sugar spent the rest of the day in a deep sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Set a number that lets you sleep at night.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

The researchers believe this may be because some people switched to decaf after developing sleep issues, high blood pressure, or heart rhythm problems, conditions that are themselves tied to cognitive decline and dementia.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

First-time mum Emily Aston, who used a self-described sleep expert when her son was four months old, says she didn't know where to go when the advice she was given went against safer sleep guidelines.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

I’m not able to sleep, and the idea of doing nothing seems worse than the idea of something, no matter how far-fetched that something is.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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