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YouTube is full of magical cures to insomnia. Some of them — avoiding screens before bed, getting sunlight in the morning, and some breathing exercises — can work. But other tricks confidently touted by influencers have no scientific backing. Paris and Jeremy talk to Dr. Rebecca Robbins, a sleep researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, who just published a paper about sleep misinformation on YouTube.
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YouTube is full of magical cures to insomnia. Some of them — avoiding screens before bed, getting sunlight in the morning, and some breathing exercises — can work. But other tricks confidently touted by influencers have no scientific backing. Paris and Jeremy talk to Dr. Rebecca Robbins, a sleep researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, who just published a paper about sleep misinformation on YouTube.