Sleep Hub

There’s lots of great advice out there about how to avoid or minimize stress but is there a good side to stress and how can we use it to our advantage? Sometimes, when you try to avoid something, it can make that thought even more intrusive. For example, for the next 20 seconds, try not to think of a pink [...]

Could prioritising your sleep help improve your heart health? Our Sleep Expert, Dr Sophie Bostock, explains the links between sleep and heart health here.

We all know how annoying snoring is (particularly if you share a room with a snorer) but what is snoring and is there anything we can do to stop it? What causes snoring? Snoring may sound like a tractor, a strangled cat or foghorn, but is simply the sound made by the vibration of soft tissue as air is forced [...]

On Sunday morning at 1am, the clocks roll forward one hour, marking the official start of British Summer Time. Here's what you need to know to ensure you're ready for the "spring forward" clock change.

With many of us working from home due to the Covid lockdowns, it can be tempting to reach for our laptops and work from the comfort of bed – but this is detrimental to our work-life balance, says Dr Sophie Bostock. Here, she explains why having a set routine will not only help us work effectively but sleep better, [...]

Bensons’ sleep expert Dr Sophie Bostock highlights the importance of sleep as the nation gets vaccinated. In December 2020, the first NHS patient was vaccinated against coronavirus, marking a dramatic change in our approach to defeating the virus. Up until then, our main tool was avoidance; national lockdown, face masks, social distancing, hand washing - all these initiatives aim to prevent the [...]