#206 - Sleep Trackers in the Clinic--Help or Harm?: I Guess I Gotta Buy It

About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of sleep trackers on sleep health and anxiety.

Sleep trackers have become one of the fastest-growing trends in modern health culture. Rings, watches, apps, and mattress sensors now promise to measure everything about your sleep, but are these devices actually helping us sleep better…or simply giving us one more thing to worry about? In this episode, we will: Discuss whether sleep trackers improve sleep health or simply increase sleep-related anxietyExplore whether sleep trackers are evolving from wellness gadgets into legitimate hea...

People in this episode

Host: Chris Winter

Topics covered

• sleep trackers
• sleep health
• sleep-related anxiety
• wellness gadgets
• health technology

Keywords

• sleep trackers
• health technology
• sleep health
• anxiety
• wellness

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