Medical Advisory Team
Medical Advisory Team
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How to Restore a Memory Foam Mattress
It's quite normal that memory foam mattresses can lose their shape and support after many years of use. This is why it's essential to know how to restore memory foam mattress, as it'll only get more uncomfortable until it starts causing issues. There are many negative effects to sleeping on a terrible mattress. ...
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How Often Should You Flip Your Mattress?
You might have heard many times from your mother or other people in your family that you should flip your mattress every now and then. This is something that happens in nearly every household, and while it may seem a futile effort, flipping over your mattress can work wonders. And when we say “flipping your mattress”, ...
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How to Find a Hole in an Air Mattress?
Air mattresses are convenient and useful items to have in the house, and they are lifesavers whenever you have guests at your place overnight. Not only are they easy to use, but you can also deflate them for easy storage. However, the smallest leak in your 
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How to Clean a Memory Foam Mattress Topper?
Memory foam toppers are lifesavers, both in terms of comfort and value for money, as they eliminate the need for a mattress replacement and also enhance the support you receive from your bed. It conforms itself to your body’s shape and helps keep you free from backaches. However, since you spend 7 to 8 hours in our ...
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How to Move a Mattress?
Moving heavy furniture from one location to another is never easy. You have to carry items and then lift them onto trucks and secure them, so they move around. One of these heavy items is your mattress. You don't want it to get damaged or dirty. So we're going to give you tips on how to move a mattress easily while ...
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Do You Need a Box Spring for Your Mattress?
Research shows that the average person spends about a third of their lives sleeping. That translates to about 229,961 hours in a lifetime. Simply put, that’s about 8 hours in a day. It’s a lot of time to spend being uncomfortable if you’re not sleeping on the right bed. Fortunately, a great variety of bed types, ...
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5 Best Pillows for Vertigo Sufferers – Comfortable Sleep and Rest
What should you consider when buying a pillow for vertigo? Is it the shape, the weight, or the materials used to make it? If you have ever suffered from a bout of vertigo, you know how stressful and confusing it can be. To ease the discomfort caused by vertigo, you will need a high-quality pillow. As you will soon ...
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How Often Should You Change Your Mattress?
Sleep is essential to a healthy life, and while this statement has become a cliche, millions of Americans continue to suffer from a lack of sleep. Research suggests that as much as ASA's thorough list of sleep statistics related to sleep disorders, sleep deprivation & needs by age group reveals public health ...
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How to Stop a Bed from Squeaking?
After a long and tiring day, all you need is to sleep on your bed peacefully. However, if you tend to toss and turn in your sleep, you would have trouble sleeping if your bed squeaks. Nobody likes a squeaky bed, and it is the last thing you need after working the entire day. That is why, we will tell you how to stop ...
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Sleeping on a Couch: What Consequences to Expect?
We’ve all fallen asleep on our couches at some point. We drift off while watching television or curl up for an afternoon nap on these comfy pieces of furniture. Doing this now and then won’t have too much of an effect on you but it isn’t a good idea to make sleeping on couches a habit. There are a few different ...