Insomnia

Insomnia A person with insomnia has frequent trouble falling and/or staying asleep. Insomnia can be either a long-term or a short-term problem.

St. Johns Wort: A Botanical For The Treatment Of Depression Used by herbalists for hundreds of years, the botanical St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) has only recently received public interest in its use for the treatment of...

Insomnia: Will Reading This Article Put You To Sleep? Can't fall asleep? Join the club. Approximately one in three Americans suffer from chronic insomnia, the inability to, or having trouble falling asleep. About 90 percent of us will suffer from some temporary insomnia...

Newer antidepressants offer more options A new wave of antidepressant medications offers more choices to keep depression -- and drug side effects -- under control, according to a report...

Herbal Products May Be Ill, Not Cure Mounting evidence suggests that increasing numbers of Americans are falling seriously ill or even dying after taking dietary supplements that promise everything from extra energy to sounder sleep...

Supplements Under Scrutiny Gatorade Sports Science Institute Conference Looks At How Nutrition Supplements Affect -- And Don`t Affect -- The Body Many recreational athletes are turning to nutrition supplements and pharmaceutical aids in the athletic community. Supplements such as creatine, ephedrine and androgens are used to improve performance or...

New Drug Prevent, Treats Flu A new kind of drug has been shown to be effective in preventing, as well as in treating, the flu, say scientists.

Long Commute Costs Workers Sleep Sleep disorders are common among weary commuters who spend upwards of 2 hours each day commuting to work in New York City on the Long Island Rail Road...

Mental Illness Common In Sleepless Patients More than half of people who complained to their doctors that they couldn`t sleep were diagnosed with a mental illness -- most often depression...