Sleep patterns and aging
Sleep patterns change with age The gradual changes in our bodies that occur as part of the aging process also affect our sleep. Even in healthy older people, sleep becomes more fragile. It becomes harder to settle into sleep, and more awakenings occur throughout the night.
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Overcoming insomnia
Primary insomnia is a condition on its own Insomnia can refer to either difficulty getting to sleep or difficulty staying asleep, or both. Problems with sleep are often associated with many conditions, including medical and psychiatric illnesses, as well as use of drugs, alcohol, and ...
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Growth hormones and the effect on sleep
This isn't going to surprise any midlife man (which, coincidentally, just happens to be the name of that great book penned by me, and which makes such a great Christmas, Easter, Passover, Purim, Ramadan, Chinese New Year, and birthday gift), or his partner, but sleep in middle age ain't what it used to ...
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IBD: antibiotics
When the colon is badly inflamed, bacteria may break through the intestinal wall into other tissues - even into the blood. Antibiotics are used in severe attacks of ulcerative colitis where complications such as bacteria in the blood (bacteremia) or abscesses in the liver might otherwise ...
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Nine rules of sleep hygiene
1. Do not go to bed until you are drowsy. Most insomniacs go to bed before they are sleepy in an attempt to catch up on lost sleep time and to relieve their sense of tiredness and fatigue. However, typically, when they go to bed they don't sleep, but worry about issues in their daily lives and, in particular, their anticipated poor sleep ahead. .. ...
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6 cell phone safety wake-up calls
Cell phones are everywhere, and kids are using them at a younger and younger age. But how safe are cell phones? Here's a guide to some of the most common health and safety concerns about cell phones.
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Advanced sleep phase disorder
Advanced sleep phase disorder (ASPD) is a circadian rhythm disorder causing people afflicted with it to have a natural tendency to go to sleep and wake up at times considered early than what is normal.
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Bruxism
Grinding teeth, or bruxism is a parasomnia in which the subject grinds their teeth together throughout the night unintentionally. This can occur numerous times during a sleep session, and can cause sleep disruptions, as well as damage to the teeth.
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Bruxism: losing sleep to tooth grinding?
Tooth grinding and jaw clenching during sleep is called bruxism. Find out the damage all this gnashing can do to your teeth and your sleep patterns.
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Catathrenia
Catathrenia, or nocturnal groaning, is a relatively rare and undocumented parasomnia, in which the subject groans during their sleep - often quite loudly. This disorder is long lasting, and seems to occur nightly in most people.
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