Insomnia News

For the millions who suffer from Restless Legs Syndrome, sleep can be exceedingly difficult and disrupted.

Do you have trouble falling asleep, or staying asleep? Have you gone to your doctor to help you sleep? If you have, your physician probably prescribed Ambien, Zolpimist, Edluar and other drugs to help you fall asleep.

I sat at my breakfast table a few weeks ago preparing to meet a new patient. I'll call him Mr. B. Admitted to the hospital overnight, he was to be transferred to my care when I arrived at work later that morning.

Colleen Carney, associate professor and Director of the Sleep and Depression Laboratory at Ryerson University in Toronto monitors psychology student Molly Atwood in Toronto in 2010.

Sleep researchers from University of California campuses in Riverside and San Diego have identified the sleep mechanism that enables the brain to consolidate emotional memory and found that a popular prescription sleep aid heightens the recollection of and response to negative memories.

What is insomnia and is it a sleeping disorder? To answer these questions you need to know what a sleeping disorder is and what does it mean when someone has insomnia.

Frequent binge drinking is associated with insomnia symptoms in older adults, according to a study.

NPs and PAs are becoming increasingly familiar in clinical settings, including sleep centers.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Sleep researchers from University of California campuses in Riverside and San Diego have identified the sleep mechanism that enables the brain to consolidate emotional memory and found that a popular prescription sleep aid heightens the recollection of and response to negative memories.

There are a variety of issues that may lead to insomnia - whatever is behind it for you, what might be a change that you could make that leads to a better night's sleep.

Main Category: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Also Included In: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs ; Seniors / Aging Article Date: 12 Jun 2013 - 0:00 PDT A new study suggests that frequent binge drinking is associated with insomnia symptoms in older adults.

When we asked readers to tweet about the moment they knew they needed to de-stress, the responses were alarming.

As the daughter of a prominent Columbus physician, Letitia Houston knows what it takes to run a medical office.

Colleen Carney, associate professor and Director of the Sleep and Depression Laboratory at Ryerson University in Toronto monitors psychology student Molly Atwood in Toronto, Ont.

Results show that overall, 26.2 percent of participants had two or less binge drinking days per week, on average, and 3.1 percent had more than two days per week, on average.

Results show that overall, 26.2 percent of participants had two or less binge drinking days per week, on average, and 3.1 percent had more than two days per week, on average.

Needing help with your sleep? Your not alone. Up to 70 million Americans consistently have trouble sleeping.

We have all had nights when sleep will not come, but for some people not being able to sleep is a chronic condition - they suffer from insomnia.

When people ask me what book is on my bedside table -- which has never happened, but just go with me on this one -- what I tell them, more often than not, is so shocking they not only drop their jaws, they drop their drinks.

More than 238,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States each year, according to the American Cancer Society.