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HOW TO SLEEP BETTER

WORDS: CHARLOTTE HAIGH MacNEIL. PHOTOS: GETTY, ISTOCK

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Your bedroom should be strongly associated with sleep. ‘Only use your bedroom for sleep and sex – don’t watch television in bed or work on your laptop in your bedroom,’ says sleep expert Dr Nerina Ramlakhan.

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