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Should you tape your mouth shut when you sleep? By Angela Haupt Editor, Health and Wellness Taping your mouth shut overnight might sound bizarre. But that's exactly what lots of people are doing in hopes of getting better sleep. Matt Fuchs talked to experts about whether there's anything to the anecdotal benefits described on social media, and which alternatives might be safer and more effective. READ MORE Note: Health Matters will be moving to a new email domain, with newsletters coming from either TIME@nl.time.com or healthmatters@mail.beehiiv.com. Make sure we don't end up in your spam folder by following these instructions.  Share This Story

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