If you live in an urban landscape, you may be all too familiar with the sound of traffic rushing past, dogs barking or the voices of people gathering right outside your bedroom window. Even if you don ...

I’ve always been a light sleeper. A creaking floorboard sends me shooting out of bed. And don’t get me started on my neighbors’ late-night music fests. I can’t sleep without something to drown out ...

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Tossing and turning all night? It might be worse than you think. A bad night’s sleep can ruin your next day — and studies show consistently getting a bad night’s sleep can worsen chronic health ...

If you’re the parent of a new baby, you’ve experienced the long nights when your baby will wake at the slightest disturbance—a door closing, your dog barking, or merely the creaking of the house.

Light sleepers understand how noises—the din of a city street, the hum of a radiator, or simply the sound of another human existing next to you—can get in the way of high-quality sleep. That’s where ...