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What Are Sleep Disorders?
What are sleep disorders and what are their signs and symptoms? Read about them here.
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Definition of Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder causing brief interruptions in breathing and disrupting sleep. Sleep apnea can cause stroke and heart attacks.
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Getting a Good Night’s Sleep - Right!
How do we get a good night's sleep. Is it possible. This article takes a look at some suggestions and their practicality
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Getting Babies to Sleep
The advice given to exhausted parents is very different than advice for people having difficulty sleeping. Only one is based on research.
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Getting Enough Sleep: The Question of Drug Therapy
Getting enough sleep is crucial. Should you resort to drugs?
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How to Deal with Sleepwalking
Sleepwalking is a strange sleep disorder that affects 1 in 5 people. Find out the causes and cures of somnambulism and how it has been used as a murder defense.
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Massage and Sleep Disorders
Massage therapy is a known method to reduce stress and tension, but can it really help you sleep better? The research shows that massage therapy can help you sleep.
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New Jet Lag Remedy Getting Ready for Take-off
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave listless air travelers a jolt of potentially good news in September by granting a speedy review of a jet lag treatment.
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Relaxation and Sleep Disorders
It is hard enough to get quality sleep when you do not have to cope with any sleep disorders, it is even hard when you suffer from Sleep Apnea, insomnia or any of a host of other debilitating sleep disorders. Relaxation is one such technique that can help you get a good night’s sleep.
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Shift Work Sleep Disorder (SWSD)
In the United States it is estimated that of the nearly twenty million people who work some form of shift work, 25 percent suffer from Shift Work Sleep Disorder (SWSD). It is even worse for those who rotate through various shifts. Read about SWSD here.
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Sleep Disorders and the Holidays
The Holiday season is upon us and everyone is gearing up for the fun - and ths stress. Holiday stress can mean less sleep. And it is hard enough for sleep-disorder sufferers to get enough quality sleep without the added holiday stress. Read about some
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Sleep Disorders in AD
Sleep disorders can occur in conjunction with various autoimmune diseases and they can also act as triggers for autoimmune diseases.
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The Latest on Provigil
Often touted as the shiftworker's wonder drug, does Provigil stand on the threshold of widespread use?
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To Sleep...Perhaps to Dream!
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Tonsils And Learning? There's A Connection!
For some children who do not perform well in school, the usual diagnoses (such as Attention Deficit Disorder) may not apply. The problems may be the result of a serious sleep disorder, and a simple surgical procedure can change their lives.
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Valerian
Having trouble sleeping? Get your Z's the natural way.
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Waking Up to Sleep's Healing Power
We all must have long periods of sleep to regenerate our bodies and minds.
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Your Very Own Sleep Diary
Are you getting your forty winks? Are you waking up refreshed in the morning? Or is your sleep pattern shot all to pieces? There is one way you can find out. You can start your very own sleep diary.
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Diagnosing Sleep Apnea
Your spouse and family have told you that you snore and snort (that is stop breathing) during sleep. You are tired all day even though you seemed to have sleep all night. You have researched Sleep Apnea and checked the various symptom checklists. And yes, it seems that you just might be suffering from sleep apnea. What do you do next?
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Snoring and Sleep Apnea Treatment
Provides an overview of sleep apnea treatment, including use of a CPAP machine, oral applications, sleep apnea surgery and lifestyle changes.
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Do White Noise Machines Work?
Win the sleep wars with a natural sleep aid that will let you defeat the noise without firing a shot.
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What to Learn from the Story of Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty awakens from the ennui of young girlhood. Sleep is essential to brain development and emotional stability. Handsome princes are not the rescuers.
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Sleep Apnea Symptoms and Signs
Snoring and gasping while asleep are just two sleep apnea symptoms. Sleep apnea symptoms are diverse, and include insomnia, exhaustion, personality changes and depression
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How to Educate Yourself on ApneaApnea Self-Education
This is guide to learning more about Sleep Apnea, for people newly diagnosed with that diseased, or even just suspected, by themselves or others, to have it. It should also serve to guide those who care about the afflicted--family and close friends who want to help.
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Are Children Sicker Today?
Childhood diagnoses are on the rise. Are school children more ill or are we diagnosing better?
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Chronic Pain and Chronic Stress
Why is it so important to alleviate pain and stress? It can become a vicious cycle. It can become chronic and can cause a whole range of health-related problems.
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Coping with Restless Leg Syndrome
Learn to cope with the persistent discomfort and sleep disturbance of Restless Leg Syndrome by a combination of the right foods, homeopathic remedies and exercise.
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Fatal Familial Insomnia
Fatal Familial Insomnia, or FFI, is a devastating genetic sleep disorder, which strikes during middle age and results in death. This is the story of Michael Corke.
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How to Overcome Insomnia
If you have insomnia and don't get enough sleep, your health can be affected. Here are some tips on what to do as well as what to avoid to overcome insomnia.
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Neurological Illness Part 2
Learn more about neurological disorders that affect one area of the body.
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea & Surgery
Obstructive sleep apnea surgery can alleviate snoring and OSA symptoms. Surgical options for sleep apnea are usually only suggested if CPAP treatment fails.
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Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
Periodic Limb Movement Disorder can adversely effect your marriage or relationship. This article looks at what the disorder is, how it is diagnosed and treated.
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Self-Help for Sleep Apnea Symptoms
Provides self-help tips and lifestyle changes to reduce sleep apnea symptoms, including weight loss, avoiding sleeping pills and using saline to clear nasal passages.
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Teeth Grinding
This article is about a very common sleeping disorder that affects many Americans. The side effects normally consist of jaw pain, or headaches.
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The Dangers of Sleep Apnea
The sudden death recently of football great Reggie White from complications due to Sleep Apnea combined with an inflammatory condition shocked the sports world. It also points out the dangers of undiagnosed sleep disorders such as Sleep Apnea.
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Your Sleep Bank Acount
You may be overdrawn at the Bank – the Sleep Bank, that is. And I bet you did not even know you were. Read this article to find out all about your Sleep BanK account.
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When Sleep Is Unwelcome
Australian researchers have recently unraveled a significant part of the narcolepsy puzzle.
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Aromatherapy Massage
My guest author, Diane Gariepy, is a Registered Aromatherapist.She is the owner of Bloomsbury World Natural Therapies in White Rock, BC and is a member of BCAPA/BCAOA.
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Castor Oil
Castor oil used in packs or applied topically is said to be a remedy for pain and soreness, joints, warts, skin, lymph nodes, digestion, insomnia, hyperactivity and more.
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Effects of Domestic Violence
Victims of Domestic Violence react in many different ways to the abuse they suffer. Abuse is often repeatedly inflicted, creating an atmosphere of constant fear.
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Eyes Wide Shut - How Sleep Affects Mood
To beat depression, first you may have to beat sleep.
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How to Get a Better Night's Sleep
Everyone has trouble sleeping from time to time. But insomnia can cause problems with our health. Relief and remedy might be easier than you think.
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Living with Fibromyalgia: Lisa’s Story
Let's look at a scenario of one woman's life. A woman, Lisa, who is twenty-five and just given birth to her second child. Lisa wonders what is wrong with her. Eventually, she will find out she has Fibromyalgia, but for now, she is scared to death and her doctor blames the flu.
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Living with Restless Leg Syndrome
I was diagnosed with Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) in the winter of 1970. Even with my fibro-fogged memory this is a time that I will never forget.
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Lose Weight by Sleeping More?
Recent scientific studies show that lack of sleep may be contributing to America's skyrocketing obesity epidemic.
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Massage Therapy Benefits
There are many positive benefits of massage. One of the most significant massage benefits is an increase in circulation which can speed healing and enhance recovery.
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Teen Girls' Rising Drug Use
The sharpest rise in prescription drug claims was for girls taking drugs for type 2 diabetes.
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You Are What You Eat - And Sleep and Drink and Exercise ....
The choices you make in lifestyle can be as crucial, if not more so, than the medications you take.
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"SLEEPINESS": What Does It Mean?
Sleepiness, as a word, has a common meaning that falls short of the precision required for its use in describing a medical symptom which everyone can agree on. This is becoming apparent from some recently published research. How we should define sleepiness in an objective and precise way represents a complex issue.
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CPAP Machines and Airway Masks
A CPAP machine is the most effective obstructive sleep apnea treatment option, and may also prevent snoring if the machine is used correctly.
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