Taking an anti-inflammatory medication such as ibuprofen- ideally before going to sleep -or upon awakening may help to reduce the severity of your hangover along with taking plenty of water.

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While Big Ten football is turning out to be as sleep-inducing as whatever Rip took before nodding off, it's impossible to deny that the ND defense is for real.

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If you don't have apnea, some docs recommend cognitive behavioral therapy: You work with a trained therapist to change how you think about sleep and learn sleep-inducing techniques (like how to set up your sleep space and what to do before bedtime).

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Watson, author of the best-selling psychological thriller "Before I Go to Sleep, " and "Gone Girl" author Gillian Flynn.

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Tellingly, it begins with the image of a sickly, tubercular child, rasping for breath in the night, and then the flare of a light as his older brother reaches for a dime-store paperback, a well-thumbed cowboy yarn he means to read before sleep.

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Before Saint Andrew, there was the sun, and pagans needed a date to throw a thank-you party in its honour before it goes to sleep for the winter.

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We skipped the after-party so I could get a good night of sleep before CNN sent the 4 am car to pick me up and head to the studio.

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Before, business travelers were interested in only three things from a hotel -- a decent night's sleep, a shower and a good breakfast.

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