Beginning Your Regeneration It’s the New Year, but people feel tired and restless. They’re worried about the economy, their jobs and family, and the the state of the world. They wonder if their health will hold out and if health care will be there when they need it. No wonder people have a […]
Your New Year’s Revolutions (12/29/10)
Take Charge It’s a New Year, so it’s time to take charge. Americans are often unhappy with their lives and even more unhappy about their futures. Start with not a resolution but a revolution – a new way of looking at your body and brain that let’s you more fully control your fate. You’re not […]
How should I sleep (and rest) when I diet? (12/28/10)
If Diets Don’t Work, What Change Can You Make? People know that diets don’t work without considerable lifestyle change, but Americans can’t stop trying them. Perhaps the reason is that two thirds of American adults are obese or overweight, or that one third of the country is slated to become diabetic. Yet to work […]
Can poor sleep harm my heart? (12/08/10)
Prevention Before Cure Metabolic syndrome is something you want to avoid. Too few of us do. Involving high blood pressure, high blood lipids, and the the width of your waistline, metabolic syndrome operates as a powerful combined risk factor for heart disease and stroke. It’s been known for quite a while that short sleep […]
Facebook for Sleep? (12/07/10)
Another Facebook Effect The Facebook effect may bring communities together on a host of different issues, but more people are using Facebook as a bedtime fix. Internet forecasters often like to say this time is different – this time they may be right. Travelodge Tells It You don’t expect hotel companies to put out surveys […]