Ray Sahelian MDAshwagandha is a shrub cultivated in India and North America whose roots have been used for thousands of years by Ayurvedic practitioners as a folk remedy. In the column "Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)" Ray Sahelian, M.D. alerts us to several...
David S. Sobel MDFindings from a Stanford University Medical School study may come as no surprise: older and middle-age people reported sleeping better when they added regular exercise to their routine, reports Dr. David Sobel in "Exercise Improves Sleep." After 16...
Michael Janson MDWhen patients come to me for advice about specific medical problems, they usually have been told that they need medication or surgery, and they are seeking ways to avoid those treatments. Sometimes they have already tried medications, which have...
Sleep like a baby.
Improve your mood.
Have more energy.
See vivid dreams.
Prevent jet lag.
And possibly live longer
What Dosage is Best?
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Uses of Melatonin ;Evidence continues to accumulate in research journals an
American Institute for Preventive MedicineSnoring ;Snoring is the sound heard when the airway is blocked du
It's four in the morning and you're wide awake, your mind churning. You toss and turn, rehashing the past or worrying about the future, only to fall into a sound sleep twenty minutes before the alarm goes off. How can you be expected to live up to...
Hyla Cass MDIt was never like this on Prozac ... there's more laughter. (Kate, 48-year-old author. The herbalists of ancient times knew about the powers of St. John's wort, and they used it for a wide variety of ailments. However, Western medicine discarded the...
Leon Chaitow ND DO MROAs reported in previous articles in this series, a survey of over 1000 patients with FMS and CFS showed that prior to their illness fewer than 1% had disturbed sleep, whereas during their illness this rose to over 90%. Sleep disturbance is a key...
