Natural Cures For Insomnia
Choosing natural insomnia remedies over prescription drugs can be a good decision for many reasons. Drugs for insomnia can be powerful and come with side effects. The biggest problem with prescription drugs is the possibility of dependency. People get in the habit of using prescription drugs all the time when some are designed to be used only on occasion. The other common side effect is day time drowsiness. The worst is feeling like you are out of it the next day after taking medication. Another problem with prescription drugs for insomnia is the cost as they can be pricey.
The good news is that there are many natural alternatives to prescription drugs in helping with insomnia. The best thing to help with insomnia is to look at your lifestyle. Stress can be a big factor so by trying to limit stress or eliminate it, many issues with insomnia will disappear. Another underlying cause of insomnia is depression. By seeking help or talking with friends, a person may be able to help eliminate their insomnia. If these remedies are not enough, there are several natural things a person can take to help sleep and fight insomnia. Read more…
Cardiac Arrythmias Are Often Accompanied By Sleep-Disordered Breathing (Medical News Today)
Breathing during sleep is often impaired in patients with atrial fibrillation. In the current edition of Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106(10): 164 – 70), Thomas Bitter and his coauthors from the Ruhr University in Bochum investigate how often sleep-disordered breathing occurs in this form of cardiac arrythmia and what the different types are.
The authors used cardiorespiratory polygraphy to investigate whether 150 patients (110 men and 40 women) with atrial fibrillation suffered from sleep-disordered breathing. To avoid statistical bias, they only included patients with normal systolic left ventricular function. The mean age of the patients was around 65 years.
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Losing Money Is Leading To Losing sleep
Rob Anderson knows he’s going to soon be out of a job. He’s trying not to lose any sleep worrying about it.
Anderson, a 24-year-old Mays Landing resident, works the later shift at the Office Depot in Mays Landing. The local store is closing, but amidst closeout bargain signs and several empty shelves, Anderson has to keep working to pay his car and utility bills until he’s hired somewhere else.
Six or seven hours of sleep a night is the norm for Anderson. He attributes the lower amount of sleep to working the later shift, but that doesn’t mean he’s ignoring the fact he should be getting more sleep.
“Maybe I’m losing a little bit of sleep,” Anderson said. “There’s more of a chance that I don’t sleep.”
Many Americans aren’t getting enough sleep, and it seems to be due to stress over the troubled economy. That was the verdict from a National Sleep Foundation survey released earlier this month.
A New Cure For Insomnia Involving Less Time In Bed
Wellington, Mar 15 : Can't get to sleep? Well, then stay up, say researchers at Auckland University who have discovered a potential breakthrough treatment for insomnia.
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