Posts Tagged ‘Insomnia’

Traditional health care may not like the news, but alternative medicine has already gone mainstream

Thursday, September 3, 2009 1:10 By GSerrano

An Associated Press research based on ‘dozens of studies and interviews with more than 100 sources’ reveal the existence of ‘an underground medical system operating in plain sight, with a different standard than the rest of medical care, and millions of people using it on blind faith.’
The World Health Organization has even reached the point [...]

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The Downside of Wind Power

Friday, July 17, 2009 17:59 By GSerrano

Touted as a clean, renewable, and environmentally-friendly energy source, wind power may have its ‘own environmental problems.’ The energy source’s infrasonic waves produced by the windmills’ rotors may cause health problems in humans that manifest in muscle pains, headaches, tremors, and insomnia. Incidences in Japan have been reported.
“Wind-power generation has been a business success, costing [...]

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Michael Jackson Suffered from Sleep Deprivation and Exhaustion

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 20:16 By GSerrano

A frantic phone call received from Michael Jackson four days before his death made Cherilyn Lee, a registered nurse whose specialty includes nutritional counseling, suspect that the singer had taken the anesthetic drug Diprivan (Propofol) to be able to sleep.
Over the recent months, Jackson had been suffering from persistent insomnia, making him beg for the [...]

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Surgical anesthesia drug Propofol found in Michael Jackson’s home

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 14:24 By GSerrano

An extremely powerful drug used for surgical anesthesia, Propofol, was found in the home of Michael Jackson after his death. This medicine is strictly issued to medical personnel alone. Authorities are wondering how Jackson was able to possess such a drug. An unidentified information source said, “It is inconceivable that such a drug is prescribed [...]

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UCLA Research: Insomnia Linked To Hunger And Body Weight

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 12:34 By Anna

Insomniacs deal with endless sleepless nights wrestling with fatigue, the feeling that one may fall into deep sleep any second but staying constantly unable to gain that peaceful state. Sleep, and dreams as well, have long been proven to be survival mechanism and the inability to fall asleep can thus have hazardous effects on one’s [...]

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Insomnia Costs More than Your Puffy Eyes

Monday, January 5, 2009 17:39 By GSerrano

Contrary to what we might think, insomnia is far more destructive than just the irritation that people who have sleepless nights feel. A new scientific research has found that the indirect costs of untreated insomnia are far more than the costs of its requisite medications. The indirect costs outweigh the direct costs of treatment. In [...]

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Sleeplessness Could be Related to Clogged Arteries

Monday, December 29, 2008 2:30 By Jaiyant Cavale

If you are middle aged and not getting enough sleep, you must perhaps blame the clogged arteries in your heart. A new study reveals that heart disease and calcification in the heart could result in sleeplessness in the aged. This could be taken as a warning and appropriate measures to thwart further deterioration or clogging [...]

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