Trouble Sleeping? Just Breathe
November 23, 2009 by scc
Filed under Gus, Insomnia, Sleep 411, Sleep and Spirituality, Sleep disorders, Sleep Hygiene
This article 1st appeared at LIVESTRONG.COM, on Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:27pm PDT By Brad Kearns If your mind is racing and you are having difficulty falling asleep, a few minutes of simple but effective breathing exercises can help calm your nervous system on a chemical level and lead to greater success in hitting the sack. [...]
Dr. Breus on Teens and Sleep Deprivation
November 22, 2009 by scc
Filed under Insomnia, Sleep 411, Sleep disorders, Sleep Environment, Sleep Hygiene, Teens and Sleep, Videos
Help the kids with Sleep Hygiene
November 20, 2009 by scc
Filed under Guest poster, Sleep 411, Sleep disorders, Sleep Hygiene, Teens and Sleep
Randy Townsend September 25 at 12:44pm Here are a group of 8th graders in TX who want to actively start a Sleep Hygiene Project in their local school district to help promote healthy sleep habits in teenagers. They have a website called: http://www.projectsiesta.com/ These youngsters would welcome your input/support for their project. They can [...]
Stress takes toll on health of Boomers
November 8, 2009 by scc
Filed under Gus, Insomnia, Sleep 411, Sleep disorders, Sleep Environment, Sleep Hygiene
By Sonja Isger Palm Beach Post Staff Writer This article was originally Posted: 1:12 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 on palmbeachpost.com Dr. Mark Rogovin doesn’t need to check in with CNN to know the tanking economy is taking a toll on the public.The waiting room of his Boynton Beach family practice is evidence of it. “They’re tired [...]
Cost-Effective Ways to Fight Insomnia
November 1, 2009 by scc
Filed under Gus, Insomnia, Sleep 411, Sleep disorders, Sleep Hygiene
By LESLEY ALDERMAN Published: June 5, 2009 HOW much would you pay for a good night’s sleep? If the sleep peddlers have their way, quite a bit. Sleep is a $23.9 billion industry — if you count things as diverse as mattresses, white noise machines and prescription pills — and it has more than doubled [...]
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 [...]
Elderly Women Sleep Better Than They Think, Men Sleep Worse
October 14, 2009 by scc
Filed under Gus, Insomnia, Sleep 411, Sleep disorders, Sleep Hygiene
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 [...]
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 disorders, Sleep Hygiene
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 [...]
Lesson from Michael Jackson’s Death( Insomnia)
September 6, 2009 by scc
Filed under Insomnia, Sleep 411, Sleep disorders, Sleep Environment, Sleep Hygiene
Things I teach my patients about sleep every night!!! Lesson from Michael Jackson’s Death Carlo Allegri, Getty Images Insomnia — difficulty falling or staying asleep — can wreak havoc on people’s lives. And with the coroner’s finding that Michael Jackson died from a lethal dose of the anesthesia medication propofol (Diprivan), which the [...]
