Sleep Consultants

What Is RLS?

Restless legs syndrome can have a significant effect on sleep patterns.
[...]

[Read more →]

3 Alternative Insomnia Remedies

By Adrienne Rayski

If you feel like you have to resort to taking prescription sleeping pills to get over your insomnia, think again.
[...]

[Read more →]

4 Ways to Improve Sleep
From YOU: The Owner’s Manual, by RealAge experts Michael F. Roizen, MD, and Mehmet C. Oz, MD
With some major exceptions, sleep is a lot like sex. It’s something you really look forward to, and it makes you feel great when you’re done. Most important, though, sleep is more like your [...]

[Read more →]

When You Snooze You . . . Win!
50% of users found this article helpful.
Corporate culture has it wrong: When you snooze, you win!
A daytime doze is a stress buster and heart protector. Just 30 minutes midday, three times a week, is all you need. Middle-aged working men who did just that cut their risk [...]

[Read more →]

Cognitive-behavioral therapy helpful in dialysis patients with sleep disturbance
by Megan Rauscher
Last Updated: 2008-08-29 8:30:15 -0400 (Reuters Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In peritoneal dialysis patients with sleep problems, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) may reduce insomnia and fatigue, improve sleep quality, and decrease inflammatory cytokines, results of a pilot study suggest.
“Sleep disturbance in patients undergoing [...]

[Read more →]

Snooze Control
Don’t let these sleep myths keep you from getting your Z’s.
The Scoop on Shuteye
Can’t get a good night’s sleep? One of these misconceptions may be undermining your efforts.
Myth 1: If you can’t fall asleep, you need to try harder.
Fact: Contrary to popular belief, you can’t force yourself to sleep by spending more time [...]

[Read more →]

Aging Hinders Memory Storage During Sleep
7/29/2008 12:00:00 AM
TUESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) — Aging hinders the consolidation of memories during sleep, a process that’s crucial for the conversion of fresh memories into long-term ones, say University of Arizona researchers.
The researchers recorded activity in the hippocampus — a brain region involved in learning and [...]

[Read more →]

Excessive Mobile Phone Use Affects Sleep in Teens
Westchester, Illinois – June 9, 2008
Teenagers who excessively use their cell phone are more prone to disrupted sleep, restlessness, stress and fatigue, according to a research abstract that will be presented on Monday at SLEEP 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS).
The study, [...]

[Read more →]

Laser Beam Relief for RLS
CoolTouch Inc, Roseville, Calif, offers the CoolTouch CTEV™ treatment for restless leg syndrome (RLS). CoolTouch CTEV (CoolTouch EndoVenous) treatment is a minimally invasive and effective method for the treatment of varicose veins—a condition thought to contribute to RLS.
The CoolTouch system uses a 1,320 nm wavelength laser to heat and close affected [...]

[Read more →]

Too Much, Too Little Sleep Linked to Stroke Risk
Sleeping either too much or too little appears to heighten the risk of stroke, a new study finds.
And while the researchers said their findings can be applied only to the postmenopausal women in the study, other experts said the same relationship between sleep and stroke risk seems [...]

[Read more →]