Sunday, November 8, 2015

Is Your Pet Wrecking Your Sleep?


We hate to break it to you, but Spot may be depriving you of shut-eye, big-time. According to a recent Mayo Clinic study, 18 percent of pet owners felt that their animal disturbed their slumber. But the actual numbers are likely higher.

“I think many people don’t want to admit that their cat or dog interrupts their sleep, because they’re intensely loyal to their animals,” says study co-author Lois Krahn, MD, professor of psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic Sleep Disorder Center.