Insomnia is highly prevalent in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new study shows. A group of 72 military veterans in Tucson with COPD were studied for a week. Researchers determined that 27 percent of them had insomnia. Smokers and those experiencing [...]
Sleep deprivation added to traditional therapy resulted in a superior treatment response for chronic insomnia, a new study shows. Intensive Sleep Retraining (ISR) uses sleep deprivation over a 25-hour period to counteract insomnia. Sleep deprivation facilitates a series of quick sleep onsets, the study’s [...]
Mental health problems and getting less than six hours of sleep play key roles in the persistence of insomnia. A study in the January edition of SLEEP found these risk factors in people experiencing insomnia for at least 7½ years. Smoking, caffeine and alcohol [...]
Stare at the ceiling. Toss and turn. Glare at the clock. Toss and turn. It’s the typical pattern of insomnia. But did you know that there is more than one symptom of insomnia? A new study of insomnia symptoms emphasizes that having trouble falling [...]
There is no easy cure for insomnia. Sleeping pills appear to be a quick fix, but the potential for psychological attachment and rebound insomnia make medication for insomnia a solution for short-term problems only. Alternatively, you can seek cognitive behavioral therapy to help eliminate [...]
A new pilot study shows a treatment approach that combines cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with image rehearsal can help shell-shocked veterans find more peaceful sleep. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects nearly 1 in 4 veterans who served in either Afghanistan or Iraq. Once they [...]
The benefit of exercise for insomnia continues to be a hotly debated topic in the sleep research community. Recently, several high-profile reports have come to conflicting conclusions on whether a workout routine can promote sleep. The latest published study by Northwestern University researchers shifts [...]
Insomnia and depression are often closely related. The relationship can go both ways: depression can cause insomnia, and insomnia can lead to depression. Depression drugs are the front-line treatment for most patients, but as the bleakness of depression goes away the sleeplessness often stays. [...]
Try going to sleep when the sun is rising, and staying asleep during the brightest hours of the day. It’s never easy. The odd sleep schedules that come with shift work go against everything we learned at an early age. Turning your sleep schedule [...]
Parents and their children are both increasingly turning to the medicine cabinet to meet their sleep needs. One specific population of school-aged kids and adolescents seems to be the most medicated for sleep. Nearly a third of children in therapy for psychiatric or behavioral [...]
