Catherine Darley, ND Women’s sleep is uniquely influenced by hormonal changes throughout their life span. Generally, it is found that women have more sleep-related complaints than men, although women have better sleep quality. Women overall take less time to fall...
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Syndrome Z: Apnea’s Metabolic Syndrome Expert Interview With Virend K. Somers, MD, Mayo Clinic
Mark Swanson, ND The best prescription for prevention is often a simple one: for the conditions described herein, it would be getting a good night’s sleep. But for many, that 8 hours of uninterrupted z’s has become a wishful event. By far, the most common sleep...
The Spirit That Resides in the Heart
Robin DiPasquale, ND, RH(AHG) Heart 7, Shen Men 神門 “Spirit Gate” In Taoism, shen men refers to the eyes, which reflect the presence and strength of the Spirit, the place where the Spirit enters and exits.1(pX) When a patient tells the physician that he or she is...
Hidden Causes of Insomnia
Bradley Bush, ND Insomnia is one of the most common complaints heard by healthcare practitioners. In 2008, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, published a review article on insomnia that estimated its prevalence to be about 30% to 50%...
Sleeping Like a Baby
Catherine Darley, ND Does the phrase ‘Sleeping like a baby’ bring up pictures in your mind of a baby sleeping deeply? Or does it bring images of a crying baby who’s been up every 2 hours all night? Somehow, both of these pictures come to mind for me. Sleep problems...
The Connection Between ADHD and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Naturopathic Approach and Treatment
Stacy Bowker, ND As NDs, we are taught to find and treat the cause of our patients’ symptoms. In the case of children presenting with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), there can be a variety of individual causes and more commonly, multiple causes that...
Pain Disrupts Sleep… The Sleep that Eases Pain
Catherine Darley, ND How many of your chronic pain patients have difficulty sleeping? Does this sleep disturbance contribute to their pain? In a word, yes. It has been found that sleep loss itself is hyperalgesic, and that when chronic pain patients sleep better their...
The Impact of the Mind on Sleep: Causes of Non-Restful Sleep
Iva Lloyd, BSCH, RHN, RPP, ND Takes a close look at some of the varied causes of non-restful sleep, and at the impact an unsettled mind has on brain activity. Adequate and restful sleep is an essential component of health, yet for many it is often elusive. When...
The Art of Natural Sleep (Part 2 of 2)
Sussanna Czeranko, ND Do all of your thinking before you get under the covers. Sleep is too precious to sacrifice for a tangled skein of worry thoughts. Oscar Evertz, 1917, p. 252 Last month we looked at… Before the Sleep How the time before bedtime was spent...
Herbal Treatment Approaches to Insomnia
Jillian Stansbury, ND Sleep, and probably even dreaming, is essential to good health. Over the years I have seen enough people with sleep disorders to group them into several general categories: basic stress and nervous disorders, blood sugar and cortisol...