Insomnia: Your 3 Worst Ways and 3 Best Ways to Fall Asleep
Our sleep experts weigh in Have trouble falling asleep? Wake up at 3 a.m. for no reason? Insomnia can rob you of energy the next day, fog your thinking and put you in harm’s way on the road. If you’re relying on common crutches for sleeplessness, they won’t help your cause. Here, our sleep experts share their favorite and least favorite remedies for insomnia: The 3 worst ways to get to sleep 1. Have a ‘nightcap’ before bed Do you unwind with a glass of wine or a scotch and soda before bed? “The literature shows that alcohol is the …
Why a Lack of Sleep Makes Us Depressed: Expert Reveals What You Can Do About It.
Published on October 14, 2016 In a report from the Daily Mail, psychology professor Alice Gregory discusses the idea that insomnia happens before depression and improving sleep may help treat the condition. Historically, insomnia has been thought of as secondary to other disorders such as depression. The idea was that you became depressed – and that your sleep got messed up as a consequence. This might involve difficulty falling asleep, excessive time awake at night or waking up earlier than hoped. This may make sense to those who have experienced depression and found that thoughts of distressing events such as …
How Smoking Kills Your Sleep.
By: Praveen Kumar Published: Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 6:15 Smoking kills in many ways. It is linked to several types of cancers, anxiety, depression, infections, heart issues and many other health issues. But seldom do smokers realise that their sleep is radically affected just because of the tobacco stick. And when you don’t get enough sleep, other disorders will easily affect you and make you weaker. Yes, nicotine can disrupt sleep cycles. If you don’t believe, then read on to know how the habit of smoking wrecks your natural sleep cycle. Fact #1 Smoking can directly affect your body’s natural …
Poor Sleep Health Could Contribute to Inflammatory Disease
Published on July 7, 2016 A meta-analysis reports that sleep disturbances and long sleep duration are associated with increases in markers of inflammation. “It is important to highlight that both too much and too little sleep appears to be associated with inflammation, a process that contributes to depression as well as many medical illnesses,” says John Krystal, MD, editor of Biological Psychiatry, the journal in which the meta-analysis was published. Substances that increase in response to inflammation and circulate in the blood stream, such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), predict adverse health conditions including cardiovascular events, hypertension, and …
What Your Sleep Might Be Trying to Tell You.
Sawing logs, tossing and turning, and nighttime trips to the bathroom may all be normal…or not. Here’s how to analyze your Zzzs. AUGUST 3, 2016 | BY SELENE YEAGER Everybody sleeps. But not everybody sleeps the same way. So long as you’re getting enough—experts recommend 7 to 9 hours a night—and you feel rested, you don’t need to sweat the occasional off night. However if you’re not feeling rested, or your sleep is frequently disrupted, there might be something more important going on. Here’s a look at 3 common sleep issues and what might be causing them. Serious Snoring …
Obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia increases risk of workplace injury.
By: Emily Lunardo | Sleep | Wednesday, April 13, 2016 – 12:30 PM Obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia increase the risk of workplace injury. A Canadian study looked at workplace injury and obstructive sleep apnea, and found that the risk of injury increased with severity of obstructive sleep apnea. The researchers looked at over 1,200 sleep clinic patients and found that individuals with sleep apnea had double the risk of experiencing a workplace injury and were three times more likely to have an injury related to failed vigilance, such as tripping or falling. Study author Najib Ayas said, “A …
How insomnia makes us sick, and how to put the problem to rest.
BY MEG HASKELL, BDN STAFF FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH 2016 Corky Potter of Orono sits with a head full of electrodes that will monitor his brain activity while undergoing a sleep study at St. Joseph Healthcare Center for Sleep Medicine in Bangor. (Ashley L. Conti | BDN) (BDN) — There’s nothing like a good night’s rest to get you off to a fresh start on a new day. But for many people, especially those in middle age and older, that sweet sleep is an elusive dream. Jann Jones, 62, of Glenburn remembers clearly the last solid night of sleep she …
Acupressure for Insomnia
By: Michelle Schoffro Cook | July 22, 2016 If you’re tired of sheep-counting and lying awake due to insomnia, rest assured you can take matters into your own hands in the form of acupressure. You can easily massage these points on your own hands or body or ask a partner to massage the points on your hands or body, depending on the point locations. These healing points are also called acupoints. When pressed or massaged, these points can induce therapeutic functions that are specific to each point. While there are many excellent points to use for insomnia, here are …
Alcohol and sleep: what you need to know about how drinking affects your sleep pattern.
Getting up the morning after an evening spent drinking can be difficult, but how much does alcohol really affect how well you sleep? By Press Association Last updated: 15 July 2016, 13:35 BST One in three people in the UK regularly suffer from insomnia, making us some of the most prolific sheep counters in the world. It’s a common problem among the over-50s, and warm summer nights make dropping off even trickier. Occasional episodes of sleep deprivation are an annoyance, but they rarely cause any serious issues. For those people that suffer from persistent insomnia, it can have …
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