Insomnia Increases Risk of Heart Attack 45%

by | Nov 21, 2011 | 4 comments

Chronic insomnia makes people tired and irritable –and it may increase heart attack risk to boot—according to a research team from Norway. The scientists investigated the connection between sleeping patterns and heart attack risk in a group of 50,000 men over the...

Medications That Cause Dry Mouth

by | Oct 28, 2011 | 9 comments

A reader with a bad breath problem wrote in a few months ago for advice.  Without knowing anything more about him, my first impulse was to offer that perhaps his oral hygiene could use some improvement. After all, the most obvious solution to any malady is 95% of the...

This Keeps Hypertension At Bay

by | Oct 9, 2011 | 2 comments

Add lower blood pressure to the laundry list of benefits ascribed to healthy sleep. According to a new study older adults who get enough deep wave sleep –a type of sleep associated with healthy sleep habits—have 83%  lower hypertension risk than those that don’t sink...

Supplement Cocktail Can Help Ease Insomnia

by | Sep 26, 2011 | 1 comment

Hope for the 60-million adults in the US that suffer with insomnia comes in the form of natural remedies – including a group of stress-reducing supplements—a review paper published in the newest issue of the “Holistic Nursing Practice” reports. The study author states...