Insomnia is the inability to get an adequate amount of sleep. The difficulty can be in falling asleep, remaining asleep, or both. Insomnia is a common disorder that affects millions of people. It can be caused by many different conditions, diseases,...

Difficulty with the initiation and maintenance of SLEEP is so common a problem as to be considered normal when it is situational, short-lived, and followed by refreshing compensatory sleep. From an evolutionary point of view, it is clear that...

Insomnia is the inability to obtain an adequate amount or quality of sleep. The difficulty can be in falling asleep, remaining asleep, or both. People with insomnia do not feel refreshed when they wake up. Insomnia is a common symptom affecting...

The state of INSOMNIA in which an individual fails to fall asleep. See also: maintenance insomnia; sleep; sleep disorders; termination...

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If a good cop can't sleep, it means a piece of the puzzle is missing. If a bad cop can't sleep, it means his conscience is bothering him. Either side of this coin might apply to Will Dormer, a legendary Los Angeles detective...

Valerian is a herbal medicine that has been promoted for improving sleep. Does it work? A systematic review [1] of randomised trials provides very limited evidence for its effectiveness. It also demonstrates how clinical trials using different extracts, different outcomes, different subjects and...

Bounteous nature has cooked up countless unpleasant ways for us to meet our maker, from the sudden horror of a ruptured aneurysm to the boxed-in terror of A.L.S. to the odoriferous humiliation of cholera. Death by Ebola virus has always seemed an unreasonably cruel way...

Bounteous nature has cooked up countless unpleasant ways for us to meet our maker, from the sudden horror of a ruptured aneurysm to the boxed-in terror of A.L.S. to the odoriferous humiliation of cholera. Death by Ebola virus has always seemed an unreasonably cruel way...

A man's descent into insanity is obviously horrifying. Fears, apprehensions and z personal distorted sense of reality is a lonliness we can only imagine.

Insomnia, in which one suffers from chronic sleeplessness, impedes a person's ability to restore his or her energy. Factors that cause insomnia include stress, illness, environmental factors, stimuli such as caffeine and alcohol, and changes in one's sleeping schedule. Not only does insomnia cause sleepiness, fatigue, and difficulty concentrating, but it can also lead to other sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, narcolepsy, or restless legs syndrome.