Five Strategies for Preventing Diabetes

If you exercise, eat a healthy diet and control your blood pressure and cholesterol your risk of getting diabetes is dramatically reduced. Are there other things you can do to help prevent it? AARP magazine offers the following suggestions: EAT BREAKFAST EVERY DAY...

Tablet Glow May Make it Harder to Sleep

For many people putting their iPad down before going to bed is the last thing they do. New research is suggesting that the bright light produced from tablets can suppress melatonin – that’s the hormone that helps control wake and sleep patterns called...

Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

Most of us could use a little more sleep. Watching television, or working on the computer keep many people up well past their “bedtime.” Many migraineurs know that insufficient sleep can trigger a headache. The National Sleep Foundation suggests adults get...

Risks of Sleep Deprivation

Being deprived of sleep-even for only one night makes the brain unstable and prone to sudden shut downs, described as “brief lapses that hover between sleep and wakefulness”, according to David Dinges, of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine....

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