One of the wonderful health promoting benefits of exercise is that it can keep you awake during the day and improve your sleep at night. More than 70 percent of people say that they don’t work out because they are too tired, but what they may not know is that exercise is a great stress […]
What cause sleep disturbances in older age?
A number of factors can results in poor sleep in older age. First, poor sleep hygiene are difficult to change. Secondly, a medical or mood disorder that adversely affects sleep becomes more likely and the medications to treat it may also lead to sleep disturbances. Thirdly, the incidence of […]
What is insomnia?
Insomnia is the term used to describe inadequate or poor quality sleep, which may be due to one or more of the following: difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep, waking up too early in the morning and being unable to get back to sleep, and unreflecting sleep.
How does insomnia affect daytime functioning?
Insomnia results […]
The colors of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. The electromagnetic spectrum itself is made up of electromagnetic spectrum itself is made up of electromagnetic waves including X-rays, infrared, and ultraviolet. These are invisible to the naked eye.
The waves that induce the sensation of red […]
Eating is another way to induce relaxation. I am discussing it under a separate heading because it is a significant subject in itself with several important aspects.
Food is natural tranquilizer. This is because it stimulates the activity of the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system control involuntary function such as […]
It is logical to assume that your inborn thirst drive is a reliable guide to how much water you should consume. However, quite a few people don’t think enough water. The reason for this are several, ranging from medical problem to the way in which a given a person’s hypothalamus functions. People who don’t take […]
A great deal of misinformation surrounds the whole subject of mattresses. People who suffer from insomnia are easy prey for salespersons who make all sorts of extravagant claims about the way in which a particular mattress “keep the spine straight†or “allow for a minimum of pressure on the jointâ€, and so forth. And the […]