MedBlog

What you should know before taking sleeping pills, supplements

Sleep aids, melatonin, magnesium, and prescription sleeping pills: Learn how they work, common side effects, and when to see a sleep specialist for insomnia.

Safia Khan, M.D.

September 3, 2026

Women and sleep disorders: How to get better rest at all stages of life

Women’s sleep disorders harm long-term health. UT Southwestern discusses how we treat sleep problems from adolescence through menopause.

Safia Khan, M.D.

May 24, 2023

Getting more sleep can help improve weight wellness

Sleep disorders and obesity are tightly linked, so we often treat both together. Explore our sleep medicine and weight wellness approach in this week’s MedBlog.

Safia Khan, M.D. / Zaiba Jetpuri, D.O.

December 28, 2022

Sleep disorders and obesity: A vicious cycle

Obesity disrupts sleep, and sleep disorders can cause weight gain. Explore this vicious cycle and how sleep medicine strategies can help break it.

Zaiba Jetpuri, D.O. / Safia Khan, M.D.

November 2, 2022

Feeling tired during pregnancy? You might have sleep apnea

Approximately 20% of pregnant patients have sleep apnea, which can increase the risk of health complications in pregnancy and long term. Learn the symptoms and treatment options in this week's Your Pregnancy Matters blog.

February 2, 2021

How a sleep apnea implant may lower your heart disease risk

Sleep apnea can raise the risk for heart disease. A new surgical implant may reduce that risk and treat sleep apnea without CPAP masks and hoses.

Teresa Chan-Leveno, M.D.

April 10, 2017