You and Your Mattress

You and Your Mattress
I'm not saying that the right bed and mattress bed will cure your insomnia or sleep apnea or sleep paralysis, but a bed or mattress that's uncomfortable or unsuited to your needs will add to sleep problems.   What's your bed like? Is it starting to look a bit the worse for wear? Does it sag in the middle? Can you feel the shape of the springs when you lie down? I've even heard of people who were trying to sleep on a mattress so old that...

Sleeplessness Rising In A Falling Economy
"Where care lodges, sleep will never lie," says Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet. Today, millions of Americans can attest to his insight. According to a poll from the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), 27 percent of Americans say personal finances, the economy or unemployment concerns are keeping them awake at night. "Stress and anxiety can definitely impact sleep," says Sunil Mathews, M.D., medical director of the Sleep Center at Baylor Medical Center at Irving.

Obese Children and Sleep Disordered Breathing
Childhood obesity is on the rise, and along with the obesity comes other problems --- heart disease, type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. Another problem, long thought to be a disorder of older, overweight males, is sleep apnea.   A study published in the June issue of the journal sleep reveals that obese children are as much at risk of developing sleep apnea as obese adults. The risk factor is based on waist circumference and BMI...

Braxton Hicks Contractions
Title: Braxton Hicks Contractions
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 7/28/2009
Last Editorial Review: 7/28/2009

Internet-Based Intervention May Improve Insomnia
An online insomnia intervention based on established face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy techniques appears to improve patients' sleep, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. About one-third of adults report symptoms of insomnia and approximately 10 percent meet diagnostic criteria for an insomnia disorder, according to background information in the article.

Health Tip: Nightmares Keeping You Up?
Title: Health Tip: Nightmares Keeping You Up?
Category: Health News
Created: 7/30/2009 7:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/30/2009

Floral Scent Soothes Stress
Title: Floral Scent Soothes Stress
Category: Health News
Created: 7/27/2009
Last Editorial Review: 7/27/2009