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Insomnia can make everyday life hard\u2014that is, difficult to function during the day at work and scary to get behind the wheel of a car. In addition to fatigue, too little sleep impacts mental and physical health in a variety of less immediate ways, making us more likely to be depressed, sick and overweight.<\/p>\n<p>For years, doctors have been telling sleep-deprived patients to practice to good sleep hygiene, for example, cutting back on coffee, nicotine, alcohol, naps and bouts of vigorous exercise right before bedtime; and creating a cool, quiet, dark and comfortable sleep environment in the bedroom. If those commonsense recommendations don\u2019t do the trick, there are high-tech tools that offer some relief\u2014for a price.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2017\/03\/how-tech-is-changing-the-way-we-deal-with-insomnia.html\">READ MORE&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How you\u2019d sleep last night? 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