For most people, a cough is just a minor annoyance, something that goes away within a couple of days. For others, however, it can linger, and coughing at night can severely disrupt sleep. Often coughing gets worse at night. Even if you manage to get to sleep, it can wake [...]
Sleep disorders can cause many difficulties in waking life, but did you know that they can seriously affect your memory? New research is uncovering the mechanisms by which this happens. Even if insomnia itself remains a problem, it may become possible to treat this symptom and enable sufferers to live [...]
Many people have problems with nightmares or with different types of fear that can stop them getting to sleep at night, but what happens if you have a fear of sleep itself? This may sound odd but it's actually quite common, affecting 4-8% of the population at some time in [...]
It's well known that certain types of changes in the brain, such as those following strokes, can trigger insomnia - but did you know that insomnia can also trigger changes in the brain? Some of these help to explain the links between insomnia and other health problems, whilst others help [...]
Just having insomnia can be depressing enough, but increasingly, studies are suggesting that it's linked to long term health problems. This isn't as bad as it might sound. As such problems are identified, people with long term insomnia can adjust their lives to cut out other risk factors and reduce [...]
Although it may manifest as a complex problem, insomnia often has quite simple causes. One of these can be dehydration. Most people in Britain don't drink as much fluid as they need for optimum health. Although, over time, they may inadvertently train themselves not to feel thirsty, the suppressed desire [...]
Coping with the effects of insomnia when you go to work can be very difficult. Your performance may suffer, or you may find that you are not able to work at all. Your boss or colleagues may not take your situation seriously. It's important to understand your options and know [...]
Dealing with insomnia can make life feel very lonely. Often family members don't really understand, and they may find that it disrupts their own lives, or may feel frustrated because they can't help. In other cases family members' behaviour is a root cause of the problem. How can you reduce [...]
Understanding Lack Of Sleep. Insomnia is a very common occurrence and affects people of all ages for a variety of reasons. It should be taken as a serious disorder and the root causes determined to find an effective treatment, as if insomnia continues for a long period, it can have [...]
