Practical health tips and trusted medical insights from Dr. Emily, helping patients make informed choices for a healthier life.
Today I want to talk about something that became very personal to me in the last year: insomnia — and what really works for its treatment. For years as a primary care doctor, I heard patients say, “Doctor, I can’t sleep,” almost every single day.In countless consultations, I prescribed sleep…
By Dr. Emily Langford, MD When Melatonin Fails. If you’ve ever woken up at 3 AM with your heart racing, staring at the ceiling, you already know: insomnia isn’t just “not sleeping.” It’s mental torture. For years I’ve seen patients frustrated because melatonin, sleep teas, and medications just stop working.…