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8-Second Breathing Exercise for When You Wake Up in the Middle of the Night In TODAY.com’s Expert Tip of the Day, a sleep medicine doctor shares an 8-second trick to fall back asleep after waking up in the middle of the night.

Propaganda risk 20%
Claims checked 4
Techniques found 1
Topics 2

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8-Second Breathing Exercise for When You Wake Up in the Middle of the Night In TODAY.com’s Expert Tip of the Day, a sleep medicine doctor shares an 8-second trick to fall back asleep after waking up in the middle of the night.

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When you wake up in the middle of the night, what’s the first thing you do?

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If your answer is checking the time on your phone or alarm clock, you’re … Sashi flipped this story into FITTNESS & HEALTH & BODY& MIND........

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Claim 1: “New research from UCSF shows that a single high dose of the psychedelic compound creates lasting anatomical changes in brain tracts”
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Multiple independent sources, including a cross-reference from Flipboard and web search results citing researchers at UC San Francisco and Imperial College London, confirm that a single dose of psilocybin causes lasting anatomical changes in brain tracts.
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web search NEUTRAL — Single psilocybin dose linked to lasting brain and mood changes.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Recent posts: New research shows that as we age, our brains.. A new study involving 1,800 UK participants.. The complex vocal duets of Alston’s singing.. Adults from ages 19 to 94 can measurably impro…
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web search NEUTRAL — Researchers at UC San Francisco and Imperial College London have shown that a single dose of psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms, causes likely anatomical brain changes that …
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-05-dose-psilocybin-human…
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Claim 2: “a sleep medicine doctor shares an 8-second trick to fall back asleep after waking up in the middle of the night”
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One web search result mentions a sleep doctor sharing a trick to fall back to sleep in seconds, but it does not specifically confirm the '8-second' duration or a 'breathing exercise' as the specific method. Other results discuss sleep apnea and pregnancy, which are unrelated.
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web search NEUTRAL — A sleep doctor shares his trick to falling back to sleep in seconds following 3 a.m. wake-ups — here’s what it is and how to try it tonight.Stress and anxiety caused by hormone fluctuations means that…
https://www.tomsguide.com/wellness/sleep/sleep-doctor-shares…
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web search NEUTRAL — If you're wondering why you keep waking up early during pregnancy, you're not alone. Many people experience a shift in their sleep pattern.Making gasping, snorting or choking noises during sleep. Waki…
https://www.goodto.com/wellbeing/why-do-i-keep-waking-up-ear…
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web search NEUTRAL — Waking up in the middle of the night and realizing that you were gasping for air during sleep can be scary and something you shouldn’t ignore. It can be a sign of a serious health problem.
https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/features/waking-gaspin…
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Claim 3: “Psilocybin Rebuilds the Brain’s Physical Wiring”
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The claim is supported by a cross-reference from Flipboard and corroborated by web search results detailing UCSF research on anatomical brain changes caused by psilocybin.
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web search NEUTRAL — Psilocybin, also known as 4-phosphoryloxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (4-PO-DMT), [a] is a naturally occurring tryptamine alkaloid and investigational drug found in more than 200 species of mushrooms, with…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybin
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web search NEUTRAL — Psilocybin is a chemical that comes from certain types of mushrooms and has been used by indigenous peoples in parts of Mexico and Central America for thousands of years as part of a sacred and ancien…
https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/psilocybin-for-mental-healt…
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web search NEUTRAL — Psilocybin comes from certain types of psilocybe mushrooms. Psilocybin is metabolized in the body to the active drug psilocyn, also present in many of the same mushrooms.
https://www.dea.gov/factsheets/psilocybin
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Claim 4: “Your liver plays many different important roles in the body, from processing nutrients”
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Both Wikipedia and Johns Hopkins Medicine explicitly confirm that the liver processes nutrients and performs multiple critical roles in the body.
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web search NEUTRAL — The liver performs several roles in carbohydrate metabolism. The liver synthesizes and stores around 100g of glycogen via glycogenesis, the formation of glycogen from glucose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver
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web search NEUTRAL — The liver processes this blood and breaks down, balances, and creates the nutrients and also metabolizes drugs into forms that are easier to use for the rest of the body or that are nontoxic.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseas…
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web search NEUTRAL — New Study Compares Nutrients in Plant-Based and Beef Burgers.
https://www.verywellfit.com/nutrition-and-fitness-news-48449…
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