Kelly Brown
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Bank sleep for daylight savings time
Banking sleep ahead of this weekend’s change to daylight saving time is a smart way to avoid the frantic feelings and lingering fatigue associated with the lost hour of slumber— if you do it the right way. Read MoreMar 8, 2018
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Sleep specialist offers tips to deal with spring daylight saving time
(iStockphoto) Daylight saving time brings extra sunlight in the evenings, but many have a hard time adjusting to losing an hour of sleep. This year, daylight saving time begins on Sunday March 12, and Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center specialist Kelly Brown, M.D., says being proactive and changing your routine before… Read MoreMar 9, 2017
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Vanderbilt sleep specialist urges getting a head start on seasonal time change
The Monday after daylight saving time takes effect doesn’t have to be a heart-stressed, mad-dash, car-crash kind of a day. Read MoreMar 9, 2016
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Spring forward this weekend; Get tips on surviving the seasonal time change
Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center specialist Kelly Brown has a list of tips people can follow to avoid the jolt to their sleep cycles and the resulting fatigue when clocks spring forward on Sunday, March 13. Read MoreMar 9, 2016
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Sleep specialist: Start preparing now for this weekend’s time change
When Daylight Saving Time takes effect on Sunday, March 8, it doesn’t have to mean a miserably groggy Monday morning. Start planning now to ease your body into the transition, says Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center specialist Kelly Brown. Read MoreMar 3, 2015
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Vanderbilt sleep specialist says begin preparing now for this weekend’s change to daylight saving time
iStock When daylight saving time takes effect on Sunday, March 8, it doesn’t have to mean a miserably groggy Monday morning. Start planning now to ease your body into the time transition. Clocks jump ahead one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8, erasing an hour… Read MoreMar 3, 2015
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Take a walk in the sun to ease time change woes, says Vanderbilt sleep expert
(iStockphoto) Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2. As clocks turn back one hour, we gain an hour of sleep but often still feel groggy and sluggish. Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center specialist Kelly Brown, M.D., says this change in sleep schedule is… Read MoreOct 30, 2014
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Undiagnosed sleep apnea among women on rise
Many women currently have undiagnosed sleep apnea, leading to potentially serious health effects, a Vanderbilt sleep expert says. Read MoreMar 27, 2014
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Stick to normal sleep schedule to ease daylight saving transition
Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. this Sunday, bringing more sunshine in the evenings at the price of an hour of sleep. Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center specialist Kelly Brown says a little extra planning can alleviate the groggy feeling that often accompanies the time change. Read MoreMar 5, 2014
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Sticking to normal sleep schedule can ease daylight saving time transition
(iStockphoto) Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, bringing more sunshine in the evenings at the price of an hour of sleep. Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center specialist Kelly Brown, M.D., says a little extra planning can alleviate that groggy… Read MoreMar 5, 2014