Natural Sleep Remedies To Overcome Insomnia
Natural Sleep Aids Lack of sleep is a huge issue for many of us, 43% of Americans in a national sleep survey indicated that their daytime activities were being negatively affected by tiredness and 68% reporting lack of sleep affected their daytime concentration. A scary 30% of Americans admitted to falling asleep behind the wheel [...]
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Sleep Research Nine Sleep Facts You May Not Know
Sleep Research Nine Sleep Facts You May Not Know Falling asleep in less than 5 minutes means you are sleep deprived. Normal is between 12-15 minutes tired enough to sleep well but not so tired you feel fatigued in the day 400-750 hours is what a new Baby costs their parents in the first year [...]
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Natural Sleep Aids And Circadian Rhythms
Keep Your Circadian Rhythm Happy And Sleep Tight If you have ever experienced the effects of jet lag, or felt very tired after working rotating shifts during the week, then what you have technically experienced is your body’s circadian rhythm has been adversely affected. The word circadian comes from the Latin words ‘circa’ and ‘diem’ [...]
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Natural Sleep Aids Light Therapy Video
July 30, 2009 by admin
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Natural Sleep Aids: Light therapy video This touches on the use of light therapy to readjust your circadian rhythms and body clock . The light box shown is portable and would be great for travellers in overcoming jet lag and insomnia. There is a little discussion of serotonin and its role in depression but there [...]
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Research Update: Infant Insomnia Prevention
Research Update: Infant Insomnia Prevention ‘Insomnia among infants?’ Yes you are reading it right. Infants have their own version of insomnia. Latest research says that this is more likely experienced by infants born to mothers who are suffering from depression. The University of Michigan did a study which says that the first six months of [...]
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Insomnia: Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome …
July 30, 2009 by admin
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Insomnia: Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome With Treatment And Prevention Advanced sleep phase syndrome (ASPS) is a condition in which patients feel very sleepy early in the evening and wake up very early in the night. This sleep disorder is more likely to appear in the elderly. ASPS may be corrected through exposure to bright [...]
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Insomnia Alleviation With Bright Exposure To Light
Alleviation of Sleep maintenance insomnia with timed exposure to bright light. Campbell SS, Dawson D, Anderson MW. Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, White Plains, New York 10605. Half of the population over 65 suffers from chronic sleep disturbance. As aconsequence, almost 40% of hypnotic sleep medications are prescribed to people over age 60. [...]
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What Are Circadian Rhythms?
July 13, 2009 by admin
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Interesting video on what are circadian rhythms and why are they important. From the University of Nebraska. Back to Natural Sleep Aids Mail this post Technorati Tags: body clock, cant sleep, chronic insomnia, Circadian rhythms, melatonin, natiral sleep remedies, Natural Sleep Aids, seratonin
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Circadian Rhythms and Insomnia
July 11, 2009 by admin
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Circadian Rhythms and Insomnia We all have an internal biological clock that appears to control which genes are turned on and when. Because the circadian rhythm controls the sleep/wake cycle, circadian rhythm disorder often results in insomnia. If there is a pattern to the sleep disturbance, i.e., you consistently wakes up or falls asleep at [...]
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