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healthgal

posted 10/14/2008, comments (0)

If You Suffer From Insomnia......

and an extensive and expensive sleep test is simply not an option, then a new technology may be of interest. Research out of two universities in Finland has resulted in a brand new technology that may help to screen for and even diagnose sleep disorders. In fact, a new smart alarm clock for mobile phones harnesses this technology... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/18/2008, comments (4)

What's the Cause of Your Sleep Loss??

What are you dwelling on these days? The fall and rescue of AIG? The reality that your bank WAMU is on the auction block? How much mercury you've absorbed from fish? How many pesticides you've been exposed to - you fruit lover, you? How many plastic bottles and containers in your home have a #7 on their bottom and possible BPA leaching... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/09/2008, comment (1)

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Fibromyalgia

Research engineers and sleep medicine specialists from two Michigan universities have issued the result of a study that discusses how a sleep study can be used to determine other sleep disorders, including insomnia and fibromyalgia. Joseph W. Burns, a research scientist and engineer at the Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) also... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/08/2008, comment (1)

Splitting the Sleep Cycle

Biphasic sleep refers to having two split sleep cycles, say from 11 to 3, and then from 6 to 10. This sounds like a strange way to get the sleep we need, but according to some sleep experts, this may be the way it's meant to be. Were we designed to sleep in shifts? Some scientists, including Richard Stevens, an epidemiologist at the... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/22/2008, comment (1)

Boomers and Sleep Issues and a Bit of Hope

The never ending quest for a good night's slee[ may be especially daunting for the over age 55 population. In fact insomnia affects about 50% of people over age 55 and this is of great concern. Older people who do not get enough restorative sleep are at increased risk for serious health concerns like heart disease, obesity, diabetes, memory... Read more Chevron

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