Sleepless nights hurting your day? How to finally get some rest

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While it should be as easy as breathing, sleep can evade us, despite our best efforts to get a good night’s rest. However, there’s hope that you can break your negative sleep patterns.  

According to the CDC, nearly 15% of adults have trouble falling asleep, and 17.8% have trouble staying asleep; the American Academy of Sleep Medicine estimates that 12% of Americans have been diagnosed with chronic insomnia. Whether it’s due to stress, chronic pain, hormonal imbalances or changes, or work schedules, if someone consistently finds it hard to sleep between seven and nine hours a night, they should know they’re not alone. 

Deanna Cuadra
Senior Reporter

Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio


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