About 30% of Americans are plagued by sleep problems.
They may have difficulty falling asleep. Some awaken too early and can’t get back to sleep. Frustration sets in when the problem repeats itself night after night.
Little wonder that so many people resort to sleeping pills. But study after study shows they aren’t a good solution. They work only in the short term, if at all.… Read More
Many seniors swear by cannabis or CBD for easing chronic pain and insomnia. But up until recently, there was little scientific evidence that cannabis products worked for these conditions.
A major new study changes that.
The study was published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. Researchers analyzed a survey of 1,000 people who take medical marijuana.[i]
Of the subjects who took cannabis for pain relief:
Insomnia is one of the most frustrating health problems. Not only is it extremely common (about 31% of Americans suffer from it), but the cause is often hard to pin down.[1]
That makes curing it difficult.
So people resort to sleeping pills, which don’t work well in the long term and have serious side effects.
A new study shows that insomnia may be caused by something almost of all of us have started doing in the last 20 years.… Read More
Having to get up repeatedly at night to use the bathroom is more than an annoyance. It can destroy your chances for restful sleep. Of course, that means you’ll be tired and less productive during the day.
But a new study shows that nocturnal bathroom trips may signal something more serious.
The research was performed at Japan’s Tohoku Rosai Hospital. Scientists examined 3,749 subjects.… Read More
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the greatest failures of mainstream medicine. An estimated 5.7 million Americans suffer from it. And by 2050 that number is expected to more than double.[i]
But conventional doctors don’t have a clue about how to treat the disease…or even what causes it.
Now, a new study shows that Alzheimer’s creeps into your brain in the dead of night.… Read More
Six hours.
That’s the minimum amount of sleep you need each night for a healthy heart, according to a major new study.
The research was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.[1]
About 4,000 subjects were divided into groups depending on how much sleep they got.
The researchers measured levels of atherosclerosis in the subjects’ femoral and carotid arteries using ultrasound.… Read More