You Can Die of a Broken Heart
According to study author Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, of Harvard Medical School, “When a spouse is hospitalized, the partner’s risk of death increases significantly and remains elevated for […]
December 2007
Sleep Disturbances in PTSD: Public Health Issue
Several categories were analyzed: 1. Epidemiology (types of traumas); 2. Consequences of traumatic events in the community; 3. Relationships between PTSD, sleep disorders and public health. 4. Solutions. War, terrorist […]
A New Medication Will Be Good For Sleep As Well As To Curb Drinking
The hormone Orexin is absent in a person suffering from sleep attacks called narcolepsy. In the US, the diagnosis of “narcolepsy” has officially been given to about 135 thousand patients. […]
Why we crave for chocolate? A new study
The blood and urine of 11 men, who he jokingly called “weird” for their indifference to chocolate, were compared to 11 similar men who ate chocolate daily. They were all […]
Pistachios are good for your Heart
The research team put the young men on three successive diets: a healthy heart plan with 25 percent of calories from fat and 8 percent saturated fat; a diet with […]
Wake Up for a Competitive Job, the Old and the Young One.
Marsha Temlock directed our attention of how quickly new generation has changed the attitude toward jobs, how quickly 25 year olds understand necessity do not stay at one job but […]
BOOK REVIEW: Ten Natural Ways to a Good Night’s SLEEP.
Dr. Linardakis was a head of the team in the Tharos Lab. that developed a unique natural combination of supplements, called NYTEX®, for sleep. The rigorous study presented on the […]
What is Hypnosis?
Hypnotic State is Different from Night Sleep Alexander N. Shepovalnikov, M.D., D.Sc. Hypnosis was named after Greek God of Sleep – Hypnos, and for a long time it was believed […]
Editorial: Defensive Medicine Means NO Medicine – Thanks to the Current Medical
In March, 2001, the HIH Insurance Group—Australia’s second largest of the doctors’ medical defense organizations—was placed into provisional liquidation. In 2002, the medical defense organization covering 90% of the doctors […]
Delayed Sleep-Phase Syndrome
Delayed sleep-phase syndrome is a disorder in which the major sleep episode is delayed in relation to the desired clock time, resulting in symptoms of sleep onset insomnia or difficulty […]