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Which Strategies Really Work Best To Beat Insomnia? New Research Has Some Good News And Bad News

A new study comparing a variety of strategies to beat insomnia and get more sleep has some good news and bad news.

Let’s start with the bad news.

After evaluating the results of 517 study volunteers participating in a selection of insomnia-busting approaches, researchers found that the least effective strategy is also the one that's most accessible for most people, labeled “sleep education and hygiene.”

Learning about what does and doesn’t work to get more sleep—everything from the effects of exercise to the drawbacks of drinking coffee too late in the day—doesn’t have much of an effect on improving sleep, according to this study. By now most of us know those things,…

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