Mathew Walker PhD, the author of Why We Sleep reports that sleeping pills do not provide natural sleep, have many possible side effects and even can increase one's risk of death. He recommends sleep hygiene and cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia.
An overview of Mathew Walker's "Why We Sleep" book including sleep stages, NREM and REM sleep, circadian rhythms and the effects poor sleep has on our immune, metabolic, cardiovascular and nervous systems
Ben Natelson believes fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome may be different diseases entirely. His rocking bed sleep study in New York will test that notion. His past sleep data suggests that people with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia have worse sleep than people with ME/CFS alone
Poor sleep is synonymous with both ME/CFS and fibromyalgia. We know it produces fatigue, pain, irritation and mood issues but recent studies suggest that may just be the beginning of the problem. In fact, they suggest that poor sleep may have profound effects on our...
Naturopath and nutritionist, Dr. David Brady’s taken a kind of media driven, rock-star approach to alternative health. He’s got the flashy website; he’s written the book with the catchy title, “The Fibro Fix: Get to the Root of Your...
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