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My sleep went from 6 hours to 7 using the Oura Ring — 3 key features that helped me gain an extra hour

By Frances Daniels Last updated

The Oura Ring doesn't just track my sleep stages, it optimized my bedtime routine and helped me go from 6 to 7 hours of sleep thanks to these 3 key features

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On the left, a close up of a hand holding a pipette adding Reishi mushroom extract to a glass. On the left, sleep writer Ruth Jones sleeps in a dimly lit room. In the bottom right corner is a screenshot of a month of sleep tracking from a Withings Health app.

I replaced my 3 a.m. wake-ups with mushroom adaptogens — did it actually fix my sleep?

By Ruth Jones Last updated

I'm a supplement skeptic but as research into the benefits of adaptogens adds up, I decided to see if reishi mushrooms could actually help me sleep. Here's what happened after testing for a month.

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On the left, sleep writer Ruth Jones mixes up a Sleepy Girl Mocktail. On the right, she's sleeping soundly in a dimly lit room. In the center is a close up of a 91 Sleep Score.

I made 7 viral snacks TikTok swears will help you sleep and measured the results with my fitness tracker — this is the one that got me a sleep score over 90

By Ruth Jones Published

I can't scroll TikTok without coming across a recipe for the best sleep of my life. I put them to the test and asked a registered dietician if there's any science to back it up.

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A split screen of an anxious woman with insomnia staring at the clock and a woman waking up with a smile because she's well rested.

5 differences between an insomniac and someone who gets 7+ hours sleep a night — and why sleep experts say it matters

By Frances Daniels Last updated

Health experts share the 5 habits that separate insomniacs from people getting enough sleep — plus the 3-step routine for falling asleep fast

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The main image shows a woman in bed asleep. In the bottom right corner is an ident showing a close up of an alarm clock at 3 a.m..

I kept waking up at 3 a.m. with racing thoughts — now I fall back asleep in seconds thanks to this expert-backed method

By Ruth Jones Published

The 'fake blink' method is a simple way to calm busy thoughts and help you feel tired. It helped me fall asleep fast after waking up at 3 a.m. — and here experts explain why.

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A woman with brown hair sleeps in her bed, while a sleep debt counter is seen below.

A board-certified sleep doctor gave me a 1-week schedule to go from 6 to 7 hours sleep a night — here’s what happened to my Oura ring ‘sleep debt’

By Frances Daniels Published

I owed 8 hours and 50 minutes in 'sleep debt', so I asked Dr. Shelby Harris to create a 7-night schedule to help me pay it back. Here's what happened...

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A collage featuring photos of my Sleep Cycle app, my Sleepwave app, an Oura Ring, and my Oura App.

I tried 3 free sleep trackers for iPhones and compared them to my gold standard sleep tracker — one seriously impressed me

By Frances Daniels Published

I pitted 3 sleep trackers against my $499 Oura Ring 5 and compared the data. But which one impressed me the most: Sleepwave, Sleep Cycle, or SleepScore?

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The composite image shows a woman wearing a white t-shirt and green check trousers sitting crossed legged on a bed, eyes closed and hands on knees. The image on the right shows the same woman in the same position, but wearing a large pebble-shaped object around her neck. Inset in the middle a wrist displays an Apple Watch sleep score of 96.

Do you really need a $299 gadget to de-stress? I pitted a vagus nerve stimulator against $0 practices — here's the one I recommend if you can't sleep

By Nicola Appleton Published

Both methods helped me mellow out before bed, but one has become my go-to stress buster

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A woman lies sleeping in a dark room, wearing a sleep tracker. Superimposed on the right of the screen is a series of charts and graphs detailing sleep tracking metrics and responding interventions.

Wearables that just track your sleep are so 2025 — meet the new school of sleep tech that intervenes, in real-time, to help you skip 3 a.m. wake-ups and other major sleep issues

By Ruth Jones Published

Sleep trackers have exposed our bad sleep habits — what comes next? I asked the experts how the next generation of sleep tech aims to help us sleep better, without lifting a finger.

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A pillow is shown on a corner of a mattress. A circle overlapping the pillow shows a thermal imaging reading.

I pointed a thermal cam at a luxury cooling pillow to see if it actually helps you stay cool in a heatwave — here are the results, and how it compares to a cheap alternative

By Ruth Jones Published

We pitted a $93 luxury cooling pillow against a $20 down alternative pillow by pointing a thermal imaging camera at both. Here's which one kept our testers from searching for the cool side...

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