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Since Im a veteran insomniac, the experience of sleeplessness was nothing new for me when the pandemic hit.  It first started in college — when everyones sleep patterns are wrecked by pulling all-nighters while cramming for exams and, well, partying — and then got much worse once I had my first child, who came with that newborn-parent paranoia of going into his room on the regular to check and make sure he was breathing.  Over the years, Ive tried all kinds of things for my sleep, ranging...

During quarantine, people with means have turned to obsessive health tracking as a hobby. Fitness tech startups raised a record $2.3B in 2020, per CB Insights, and connected fitness raised nearly $900M. As people learn more about their bodies, theyre letting the apps make lifestyle choices for them.  When Adeline Cheng wakes up, she checks the app on her phone thats synced with the chunky titanium Oura ring she wears to bed. While she slept, the ring measured her breathing, heart rate, body te...

Research from australian sleep psychologists. they trick your body clock into getting more sleep. put these on for 30 to 50 minutes in the morning to get more sleep. it is great for shift workers like nurses or if you have jet lag. you follow these calculations and they help you sleep better. >>anna: do they work? >> a lot of nurses are turning to these. a ton of research went into this. we have more. >>anna: next up? >>steve: the sleep cycle app. >> this is probably one of the most popular slee...

in spending that weve already cut from the budget, our plan makes additional spending cuts that need to happen if were to solve this problem. we reform agriculture subsidies. subsidies that a lot of times pay large farms for crops that they dont grow. we make modest adjustments to federal retirement programs. we reduce by tens of billions of dollars the tax money that goes to fannie mae and freddie mac. we also ask the largest financial firms, companies saved by tax dollars during fina...