By BethAnn Mayer, Oct 28, 2026 How to Gradually ‘Fall Back’ Before Daylight Saving Time Ends. Start the shift three to four days before daylight saving time ends (so, in 2026, start shifting your bed/wake times on Oct. 28 or 29), suggests Dr. Alex Dimitriu, MD. “This can be hard, as we all have to be somewhere in […]
By Chantelle Lee, Oct 26, 2026 How can I prepare for the clock change? Dr. Alex Dimitriu, a psychiatrist and sleep medicine physician, likens the practice of changing the clocks twice a year to “an hour of jet lag,” adding that it can be an adjustment for many people. But the transition to Standard Time […]
By Kendra Cherry, Oct 20, 2026 “While the sympathetic system helps you deal with things and get stuff done, the parasympathetic system helps you rest, heal, digest, and recover,” explains psychiatrist Alex Dimitriu, MD. It’s the sympathetic system that kicks into gear when you are faced with some type of stressor or threat and prepares you to […]
By Lauren Bedosky, Medically Reviewed by Alex Dimitriu, MD, Oct 16, 2026 Daylight saving time will officially end at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1, 2026, when the clocks fall back one hour. Many Americans will get an extra hour of sleep as they return to standard time. People living in most of Arizona and […]
By Caitlin Taylor So, Oct 16, 2026 Alex Dimitriu, MD, sleep medicine physician, was independent from the hypoglycemia study and wasn’t yet convinced. “Given the significance of hypoglycemia, we’d need to see reliable, repeatable detection that accounts for all the variables that could shift this physiologic data — like sleep stages, sleep apnea, or other […]
By Elizabeth Millard, Oct 15, 2026 Unfortunately, getting enough sleep with this chronic condition can be tricky, since its symptoms can be disruptive, according to Alex Dimitriu, M.D., a sleep medicine specialist and the founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in Menlo Park, CA. “Because this condition is characterized by dryness and discomfort, that […]
Daylight Saving Time Is Days Away—Sleep Doctors Say This Simple Change Can Make Monday Morning Much Easier
By BethAnn Mayer, Oct 28, 2026 How to Gradually ‘Fall Back’ Before Daylight Saving Time Ends. Start the shift three to four days before daylight saving time ends (so, in 2026, start shifting your bed/wake times on Oct. 28 or 29), suggests Dr. Alex Dimitriu, MD. “This can be hard, as we all have to be somewhere in […]
Daylight Saving Time Ends This Week. Here’s How to Best Prepare Yourself for the Time Change
By Chantelle Lee, Oct 26, 2026 How can I prepare for the clock change? Dr. Alex Dimitriu, a psychiatrist and sleep medicine physician, likens the practice of changing the clocks twice a year to “an hour of jet lag,” adding that it can be an adjustment for many people. But the transition to Standard Time […]
How the Parasympathetic Nervous System Influences Your Mental Health
By Kendra Cherry, Oct 20, 2026 “While the sympathetic system helps you deal with things and get stuff done, the parasympathetic system helps you rest, heal, digest, and recover,” explains psychiatrist Alex Dimitriu, MD. It’s the sympathetic system that kicks into gear when you are faced with some type of stressor or threat and prepares you to […]
Daylight Saving Time Is Ending — What Sleep Docs Want You to Know
By Lauren Bedosky, Medically Reviewed by Alex Dimitriu, MD, Oct 16, 2026 Daylight saving time will officially end at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1, 2026, when the clocks fall back one hour. Many Americans will get an extra hour of sleep as they return to standard time. People living in most of Arizona and […]
Radar Evolving Into a Precise Contactless Vital Sign Monitor
By Caitlin Taylor So, Oct 16, 2026 Alex Dimitriu, MD, sleep medicine physician, was independent from the hypoglycemia study and wasn’t yet convinced. “Given the significance of hypoglycemia, we’d need to see reliable, repeatable detection that accounts for all the variables that could shift this physiologic data — like sleep stages, sleep apnea, or other […]
Sleep Better With Sjögren’s Disease
By Elizabeth Millard, Oct 15, 2026 Unfortunately, getting enough sleep with this chronic condition can be tricky, since its symptoms can be disruptive, according to Alex Dimitriu, M.D., a sleep medicine specialist and the founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in Menlo Park, CA. “Because this condition is characterized by dryness and discomfort, that […]