Is ADHD a sleep disorder? Stimulant drug improves symptoms
By Alice Klein | 31 May 2017 | NewScientist.com A DRUG normally used to treat narcolepsy and excessive daytime sleepiness also seems to improve symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. The finding supports the idea that ADHD might be a sleep disorder. People who have been diagnosed with ADHD find it difficult to concentrate and are generally hyperactive. But many with the condition also find it difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep at night, and feel drowsy during the day. Could this mean ADHD is a type of sleep disorder? After all, the brain pathways involved in …
World Sleep Day: How not getting enough sleep can affect your mental health
Frances Coleman-Williams | Friday 17 Mar 2017 5:00 am | Metro.co.uk Having suffered from severe sleep problems myself, I’ve taken some time to look at the relationship between a lack of sleep and mental health. Insomnia involves difficulty in getting enough sleep to feel refreshed in the morning. The lack of sleep may be due to finding it difficult to get to sleep, waking up multiple times and/or waking up early and not being able to get back to sleep. As well as affecting your physical health, the lack of sleep can affect your mental health as well. Links between …
What Causes Crime? New Study Links Lack Of Sleep By Teenagers To Criminal Behavior As Adults
BY JULIANA ROSE PIGNATARO | 02/24/17 AT 11:40 AM | IBTimes.com Drowsiness might not just have ill effects on a person’s day— it could also impact life years later. A study published in the journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry found that teenagers who reported feeling tired in the middle of the day were more than four times more likely to commit crimes as adults. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of York in the U.K. collected data from 101 15-year-old boys from schools in England to get the results. “It’s the first study to our knowledge …
A Quarter Of Brits Are Boozing To Help Them Sleep. This Is A Terrible Idea NEWS
Alcohol might make you nod off quicker, but your sleep will be dreadful by NICK HARRIS-FRY | on 24 FEB 2017 | CoachMag.co.uk A sizeable 25% of adults in the UK are hitting the bottle to help them fall asleep, according to the latest Great British Bedtime Report produced by the Sleep Council. That’s a hefty rise on the 16% who turned to booze to help them snooze in the last report, which came out in 2013. The 2017 survey of more than 5,000 adults found that the biggest bedtime boozers were people aged between 45 and 54, with 30% …
Orthotropics & Orthodontics
Published on January 30, 2017 | William M. Hang, DDS, MSD – Practitioner & Lecturer | Linked-In Article Weston Price chronicled physical degeneration and noted dentofacial changes which occurred in children who adopted a Western Diet. The medical and dental communities have never properly explored or appreciated this research and continue to blame “heredity” for long faces and crooked teeth in narrow dental arches. John Mew, an orthodontist from London, has taken Price’s observations about altered craniofacial growth and proposes that these changes occur due to the way children hold their jaw, lips, and tongue at rest. These changes are …
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