If you have insomnia, you have probably been told to try sleep hygiene tips first. Cut caffeine. Dim the lights. Stick to a schedule. These things help a little, but they rarely fix chronic insomnia on their own. The treatment with the strongest evidence behind it is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, known as CBT-I…. Continue reading
Author Archives → Waiz Wasey, MD
Double Board Certified Sleep Doctor | Top Doc AZ '25, '26 | Sleepfluencer - IG dr.snoozz | Alumni: SIU, Mayo Clinic
Can Poor Sleep Raise Your Risk of Dementia? Here Is What the Research Shows
If you regularly sleep six hours or less a night in your 50s and 60s, your risk of developing dementia later in life goes up by roughly 30 percent. That number comes from a 25-year study of nearly 8,000 people, and it is one of the strongest signals we have that sleep is not just… Continue reading
Restless Leg Screening – URGE
URGE QUESTIONNAIRE A brief screening tool for restless legs syndrome (RLS). Answer each question below. U – URGE: Do you have an urge to move your legs, usually accompanied by an uncomfortable sensation? YES NO R – REST: Does the urge begin or worsen during periods of rest or inactivity, such as sitting or lying… Continue reading
Fixing Delayed Sleep Phase Before School Starts
Summer bedtimes drift late. School start times don’t. That gap is why so many kids and teens walk into the first week of school running on four to six hours of sleep. If your child can’t fall asleep before midnight and can’t wake up before 10am, this isn’t laziness or bad habits. It’s a circadian… Continue reading
How Many Hours of Sleep Does an Adult Need?
Most adults need at least 7 hours of sleep a night. That’s not a rough guess. It’s the conclusion of a joint consensus statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and the Sleep Research Society (SRS), based on a review of more than 5,300 scientific studies. If you’re consistently sleeping less than that,… Continue reading
Collaboration and Promotion
Waiz Wasey, MD a.k.a. Dr Snoozz is a double board certified Sleep Medicine PhysicianTrained from Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FLAnd named Top Doc in AZ 2025 & 2026 He has an Instagram account with over 80k followers – which is his main social medial accountIG handle: @dr.snoozz If interested in collaboration and promotion – contact us… Continue reading
How Dust Storms Disrupt Your Sleep (And What You Can Do About It)
If you live in a region prone to haboobs, you already know the drill. The sky turns orange, visibility drops, and you shut your windows and wait it out. What you may not know is that the storm keeps affecting you long after the dust settles, especially at night. There are no studies yet that… Continue reading
Why Permanent Daylight Saving Time Is the Wrong Fix
Congress is close to ending the twice-a-year clock change. That part is popular. But the version moving through Congress locks in permanent daylight saving time, not permanent standard time. Sleep medicine has been warning against this exact outcome for years. Here’s the problem in one sentence: daylight saving time pushes clock time an hour ahead… Continue reading
Can You Trust Your Sleep Tracker? Here’s What the Research Actually Shows
You wake up, check your watch, and see a sleep score. Maybe it says you only got 12 minutes of deep sleep. Maybe it tells you your REM sleep was low. You start the day feeling like you failed at sleeping. Here’s the problem. That number might be wrong. Consumer sleep trackers and apps have… Continue reading
STOP BANG Score
This calculates the risk you have of Obstructive Sleep Apnea, it does not diagnose it. If you have an elevated risk based on this score, it should be a conversation starter with your physicians STOP-BANG QUESTIONNAIRE 1. SNORING: Do you snore loudly (louder than talking or loud enough to be heard through closed doors)? YES… Continue reading