by Amrit Bandyopadhyay, Awarables The night has always been the time associated with the terrors of the dark. We celebrated that in costume last week for Halloween. However, uneasiness, stress, and even fear of going to bed is a reality and life for many people. …

by Amrit Bandyopadhyay, Awarables Why are we talking about New Year’s resolutions in February? Because most of you picked something other than sleep, and how’s that going? Huh? Mean questions aside, most people’s resolutions have something to do with improving. Sleep is literally when you improve, both your body, and…

by Amrit Bandyopadhyay, Awarables Sleep is married to love and sex. That’s why we call it sleeping with someone. True story! On this holy day of relationships, let’s take a close look at the relationship between love, sex and sleep. The bed is only for sleep and sex. This is…

by Amrit Bandyopadhyay, Awarables Today is a good day to think about your New Year’s resolutions. Your hangover is probably gone. The shock of being back at work is hopefully easing out. Instead of having a laundry list of resolutions, maybe it is better to resolve to give priority, every…

“No, those little ghouls on the road are not scary. They won’t hurt me!” When you’re wide awake at 6pm on Halloween, it’s easy to rationally address your thoughts. Awake in bed, the monsters are bigger, scarier, and converging in larger numbers. If the image of a child dressed up…

by Amrit Bandyopadhyay, Awarables Prince is gone. Pharma-geddon is coming. The good is we know where we are headed. The bad, we have all been complicit in this systemic problem. For our busy doctors, it’s an easy way to get us out the door, fast. For patients, it’s easier to…

by Amrit Bandyopadhyay, Awarables When I was looking for an image to add to this post it was interesting that most of the images returned for “insomnia” had a clock, and the clock struck somewhere between 3 and 4 am. That is exactly what most of our interviewees complained of…

by Amrit Bandyopadhyay, Awarables Am I an Insomniac? Am I the only one staring at the ceiling every night? Even people on the west coast have gone to sleep by now. I won’t be able to get any work done tomorrow … These are some of the thoughts that may…