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SLEEP HYGIENE  

Sleep medicine is slowly getting recognition and terms like sleep hygiene are becoming popular.

Sleep is often overlooked when children and adults get sick or feel run down. Understanding your personal sleep needs is the beginning. Developing good sleep hygiene is important for overall health and well being.

In today's sleepless world of 24/7 technology, work, and entertainment, it can be hard to fit in a single night of quality shut-eye. Here's how YOU can improve your quality and quantity of wonderful, peaceful, rejuvenating rest.

Sleep problems are more common than people realize. This article discusses some principles of sleep hygiene that are helpful and gives a brief overview of sleep agents.

Do you lie awake at night? Toss and turn? Can't seem to settle your brain down to rest? You may have poor 'sleep hygiene'. Here's what you can do about it...

How can you enjoy the holidays while getting the sleep you need? Here are the best sleep tips of the season.

Some people are night owls and just not morning people, but your chronic morning lethargy may be attributed to Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome. DSPS is so physically and emotionally draining that oftentimes it is misdiagnosed as depression.

Are you finding it hard to go to sleep lately? Is it due to caffeine? Other than avoiding coffee, what else can I do? My doctor ask me to get use to taking sleeping pills as the effect may wear off after sometime.

Sleep deprivation in children can increase their risk of participating in anti-social behaviors such as smoking and drinking as well as poor grades according to research that is being presented at the 2007 Associated Professional Sleep Societies meeting.

Sleep is one of the most basic human functions, but somehow we're having trouble getting enough of it. Why is something so fundamental so hard to achieve and what can we do to help ourselves get more of it?

Sleep apnea is more common and serious than usually realized. Most cases are undiagnosed and untreated. Even mild cases have potentially serious consequences, predisposing to severe disorders from hypertension and heart attacks to strokes. There are effective treatments.

Do you find it difficult to get enough sleep? Do you wake up in the morning feeling that you were not refreshed with your night's sleep? If you answered in the affirmative then you're probably suffering from insomnia.

Persons suffering from Delayed Phase Sleep Syndrome have regular problems falling asleep until the wee hours of the morning. These "night owls" tend to function best late at night, and as a result they're lethargic and sleepy during the day.

National Sleep Week was just a few weeks ago- but this is something that needs to be focused on everyday. This article gives some hints, tips and advice on regular sleeping suggestions, and an overview of some common sleeping disorders.

For "extreme night owls," it's like having constant jet lag.

Having trouble sleeping at night? Learn some simple tips for learning how to unwind in the evening and sleep more comfortably.

I've always considered myself a night owl. But how does one become a night owl?

Eureka! I have found one good method that helps the average person get more sleep on those mind-wandering nights.

Describes getting to sleep by practicing better sleep hygiene techniques.

Do you have sleeping difficulties? Read this article to learn how to achieve sleep naturally.

Some people drink to get to sleep, but this can cause you to wake up in the middle of the night, here are some honest reasons why people can't sleep and what they can do about it.

Advice on healthy food, sleep, and drink habits that every college student should know.

Ever wake up with two nasty under-eye circles? You're not alone. Use these six tips to solve your under-eye circles issue.

Many of you have done it. Many hope to never do it, and some enjoy it. Working the graveyard shift can be difficult, but there are ways to make it easier on yourself.

Restless legs syndrome, or RLS, is a condition in which legs feel uncomfortable when you are sitting or lying down

How to relieve insomnia, including alternative medicine techniques.

Experts estimate that sleepwalking afflicts between 1% and 15% of the general population. But it's more common in children -- especially those between the ages of 3 and 7 -- than in adults.

There are even a few obstetricians that regard fibromyalgia and pregnancy as a "high risk" category merely for the reason that many of the symptoms of fibromyalgia will aggravate the state of pregnancy.

You may be suffering from chronic pain but you do not have to. There are some things that you can do in order to regain control of your life.

In 1993, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, an illness that is often misunderstood and poorly treated in the medical community. This is an explanation of the disease in general and my at times extremely frustrating battle to learn how to live with it.

27% of Americans sufer from insomnia. Early evidence suggests that treating insomnia with cogitive behvaior therapty is more effective than treatment with sleeping pills.

Fighting insomnia can be done in 6 ways; you can use pharmaceuticals, behavioural treatments, therapy, hypnosis, meditation and herbal remedies.

At one time, she could sleep until the sun rose high in the sky, but that was before. Now, it's early to bed and early to rise--and pain is her alarm clock. She could be anybody; we will call her Janice. What makes her different-she is an arthritic person.

When I returned to college after my children were born, I decided to earn a degree in dental hygiene. The decision has allowed me to work four days per week and still earn a salary that supports my family, even though I am a single parent of three.

Bedtime routines are important to develop good sleep habits in your baby or toddler. Here are some ideas to get your bedtime routine started.

Bed bugs and other insects don't care if you have a Platinum card or just enough money to sleep off the street.

More trouble then it's worth, fight the trend, be your own person. Just say no to Dental Hygiene

Each of these rules has its own virtue in protecting your voice. I have observed numerous times where as only by implementing these rules as a daily routine made such a great change with my patient's voice.

20 Beauty secrets for all ages including skin, nails, teeth, face, cosemtics, hygiene, fragrance, and body.

Like dogs and cats, ferrets also need to be vaccinated and can suffer from illness and disease. Some of these illnesses result from poor hygiene of the ferret's living quarters, others from malnutrition; some viruses can even be caught from you!

They may not have any teeth yet, but infants and toddlers can still get cavities and gum disease. It's important for parents to begin good dental hygiene for their child at a young age to prevent "bottle mouth" in infants and cavities in baby teeth.

Here is my totally affordable strategy to keep my children healthy this winter.

It is a sign of the times when an organization's motto is "Transforming the weight of the world into a world of possibilities" - for children.

The majority of sex crimes are committed against prostitutes. Seventy percent of all street prostitutes had been raped on the job eight to ten times per year. Yet they cannot obtain legal services. The legalization of prostitution would help many women.

Handicapped or disabled visitors might find they need to find the rental agencies that promote handicapped accessibility.

Winter generally means the onset of flu and cold season. This article will provide a brief overview of influenza in children.

Whether going on a simple overnighter or that week long family vacation there are some things that are essentials and others that just help the great outdoor experience be a more enjoyable one.

Moving is a task that no one considers a joyful experience. To put it frankly, it's a major pain. The hardest thing is getting started. This guide will make your moving experience simple.

Here is a look at the history of Feng Shui, what Feng Shui proposes to do, and how the average person can benefit from Feng Shui decorating without drastically renovating their home.