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Tom’s Guide
Technology
Nicola Appleton

Doctor reveals why keeping your bedroom door ajar at night helps you sleep deeper and for longer

The image shows a bedroom door open and an unmade bed bathed in natural light in the background.

Question: do sleep with your bedroom door open or closed at night? If you shut it, and you're constantly waking up through the night, then leaving it open instead could be the instant solution to your frequent wake-ups.

Yes, scientists are saying that sleeping in an unventilated room leads to an increase in levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), which leads to broken and disrupted sleep.

To learn more, I spoke to mold and air quality expert and founder of HomeCleanse Michael Rubino, and to Dr. William Lu, MD, a sleep medicine physician.

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