The Haunted Mind
October 30, 2009 by scc
Filed under DREAMS, Gus, Sleep Environment, Sleep and Spirituality
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Collected in Twice-Told Tales, 1837.
What a singular moment is the first one, when you have hardly begun to recollect yourself, after starting from midnight slumber! By unclosing your eyes so suddenly you seem to have surprised the personages of your dream in full convocation round your bed, and catch one broad glance at [...]
The Fourth Kind – Alien Abduction
October 23, 2009 by scc
Filed under DREAMS, Guest poster, Sleep disorders
The Fourth Kind – Alien Abduction
http://www.facebook.com/TheFourthKind?v=wall
The movie trailer states, “it started as a sleep disorders study”.
Have you ever had a patient who claims to have been visited by or abducted by aliens? I had one who claimed both but he also talked to GOD, and I mean the shaking hands pat on the back [...]
Bedding Inspired by the Homeless
October 22, 2009 by scc
Filed under Gus, Products, Sleep 411, Sleep Environment, Sleep Hygiene
This post 1st appeared on shelterpop.com on October 22, 2009
By Laura Fenton
Look again, it’s a photo print, not real cardboard or pavement. Photo: DutchByDesign.com
We love it when our aesthetic passions line up with a good cause. The Home Duvet from Dutch By Design, a UK-based company specializing in contemporary home goods by Dutch designers, is a [...]
Elderly Women Sleep Better Than They Think, Men Sleep Worse
October 14, 2009 by scc
Filed under Gus, Insomnia, Sleep 411, Sleep Hygiene, Sleep disorders
ScienceDaily (Oct. 1, 2009) — A study in the Oct.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that elderly women sleep better than elderly men even though women consistently report that their sleep is shorter and poorer.
Women reported less and poorer sleep than men on all of the subjective measures, including a 13.2 minute shorter total [...]
Natural sleep remedies–Herbs, Vitamins/Minerals, and more!
Alcoholism’s Effect On Sleep Persists During Long Periods Of Sobriety
October 8, 2009 by scc
Filed under Gus, Insomnia, Sleep Hygiene, Sleep disorders
This article appeared on Medical News Today webiste on 02 Oct 2009
A study in the Oct.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that long-term alcoholism affects sleep even after long periods of abstinence, and the pattern of this effect is similar in both men and women.
Results indicate that in long-term alcoholics who had not had a [...]
