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Sleep in a can (7/11/11)

July 11, 2011 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Why Do We Have Relaxation Drinks? Americans are pretty wired up these days, and getting enough sleep is tough. Close to 40% complain of insomnia making them too tired to fully function (http://www.jhsph.edu/healthymonday/2011/03072011_sleep.html), perhaps 5-10% of the population is presently suffering significant depression (http://userpages.umbc.edu/~marcotte/depression%20prevalence.pdf), and many millions more complain of high levels of anxiety – […]

Is controlling electronic media a way to have less fat young kids? (7/5/11)

July 5, 2011 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Electric Weight Gain – Kids, Obesity, and Media Both the National Institute of Medicine and the American Academy of Pediatrics last week said the same thing – keep young kids away from much electronic media and protect their rest – to aid their development and prevent obesity. And we should listen to that advice. Why […]

Cool yourself to sleep (6/20/11)

June 20, 2011 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Cooling Off  Insomnia Can cooling your head treat insomnia?  That’s the promise of a new device coming out of Daniel Buysse’s research group at the University of Pittsburgh. What Did They Do? Put a cooling cap at night on the front of insomniac’s heads, which lowered the temperature near the top of their head – […]

It’s the middle of the night and you can’t sleep – what you can do (3/28/11)

March 28, 2011 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Waking At Night     Perhaps it’s the effect of a crashed economy, soaring gas prices, upheaval in the Middle East, blown up nuclear reactor buildings or the Charles Sheen saga, but people are waking up a lot these days – in the middle of the night.  Frequently they can’t fall back to sleep. There […]

Why can’t I rest Part 2 – how to not worry about sleep (1/4/11)

January 4, 2011 by Matthew Edlund M.D.

Feeling Restless Today, many feel restless and tired much of the time.  Partly this is due to people’s thinking that only one kind of rest exists – passive rest – sleep and “doing nothing.” Active rest, especially physical and social rest, is available to most everyone and can be used to quickly you.  Yet paradoxically […]

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