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		<title>Environmental Noise Sleep Disturbance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Environmental Noise Sleep Disturbance: What to do.</span></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002SMJQT4?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=insompedia-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B002SMJQT4"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-839" title="Sleep Sound Machine" src="http://www.insomniapedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Sleep-Sound-Machine.bmp" alt="Sleep Sound Machine" width="335" height="149" /></a>Have you ever thought that you would be telling your kids to turn down the radio?  In fact, the human ear is incredibly sensitive and the greatest of direction hearing from other animals.  But as time moves along, we encounter more and more environmental noise.  This noise is what keeps us up or prevents us from getting REM sleep.  This is needed for a restful night.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have and environmental nosie 55 dbA or more, there is significant increases in sleep interruption.  This is a reminder for insomnia patients that noise is relevant in getting that good night sleep.  Six to eight hours of quality sleep per night is optimal to maintain health. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Environmental Noise Sleep Disturbance is now considered the worst for insomnia patients.  Dishwashers running at night, people playing loud music, or dogs barking randomly through the night.  Chronic sleep loss plagues our modern times.</span></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">What steps to take:</span></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">To minimize background noise; break the habit.  No sleeping with the TV turned to you favorite show.  No clothes or dish washer running at night.  Break the habit of eating late night snacks, avoid alcohol and if all else fails, get some comfortable foam earplugs, these work great while sleeping, visiting your in laws or driving your kids around town.  Plus, you can get several pairs just in case of an emergency, such as doors salesmen, commercials, and spouse arguments.  You health depends on it.</span></span></p>
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		<title>Treatments for Sleep Apnea</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Sleep Tracks is your resolution for Treatment of Sleep Apnea</span></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> Sleep Tracks, you can now sleep well at night. It&#8217;s the most effective sleep aid that will definitely help you in ways that will make you sleep much better always at night.</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span><span style="font-size: medium;">Sleep Tracks, developed by Yan Muckle is a series of audio of sounds that will help you reduce your sleep disorder and move towards better sleeping nights. With in weeks you can feel the improvements from the system, these help your brain to control sleeping pattern encountered out the day.</span></span></span></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Effective Sleep Aid Program</span></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">People who been through the Sleep Tracks sleep aid program found relief from their own sleep disorder, helping them sleep nights without waking and getting better rest for an energetic morning.  The Yan Muckle&#8217;s mission is to help people ease their sleeping problems and believes the program is excellent for treatment of sleep apnea.</span></span></p>
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		<title>Oppositional Defiant Disorder Sleep</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
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<h2><span style="font-size: large;">Oppositional Defiant Disorder Sleep</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Being a parent can be frustrating when dealing with children and teenagers with Oppositional Defiant Disorder.  The lack of interpersonal development and failed academics can be trying times during these years.  Finding ways to stimulate your childs environments is complex and puts more stress on parents. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The quality of sleep plays a major role in Oppositional Defiant Disorder.  Diet and exercise are important, being tired or exhausted will easily annoy people with ODD and can be argumentative with little action from others, but the quality of sleep is the most important part.  Best part is music can help.</span></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Oppositional Defiance Disorder Treatment</span></span></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Music helps improve sleep quality among people suffering from ODD.  Music can incorporate classical music that is often relaxing and while not music therapy, it is most ideal for teens.  Improvement in sleep quality can be achieved for one hour each night over two to three weeks.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Slow temp classical music provides the most brain relaxation to reduce brain activity for a full mind and body rest.  Blood pressure can also be lowered by the type of classical music.  Who says that music is bad for you?</span></span></p>
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		<title>All about Natural Sleep Aids</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030KAJ80?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=insompedia-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0030KAJ80"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-753" title="sleep assistant" src="http://www.insomniapedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sleep-assistant.bmp" alt="sleep assistant" width="264" height="228" /></a>With all of the natural sleep aids available today, it is hard to believe that doctors still prescribe dangerous drugs for insomnia.  There are herbal remedies that work.  Lifestyle changes may help and research indicates that brainwave entrainment software is very effective.  Here we look at each of those things and provide a few tips to fall asleep fast.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Herbal Remedies</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Natural sleep aids recommended by herbalists include passion flower, valerian and chamomile, but you need to remember that herbs have pharmaceutical activity.  They were our first drugs.  You can become addicted or dependent on them.  They may cause unwanted side effects, make you feel hung over and should generally be used with caution. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">General Tips to Fall Asleep</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">When you close your eyes, your brain starts to relax.  Breathe deeply.  Sleep in a dark room.  Turn the TV off.  If outside noise bothers you, such as a snoring spouse, sleep with earplugs or a white noise machine.  Yan Muckle’s Fall Asleep CD helps block out background noise and trains the brain.  There’s more about that below. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Lifestyle Changes</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NG4T9O?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=insompedia-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000NG4T9O"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-756" title="sleeping aid" src="http://www.insomniapedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sleeping-aid.bmp" alt="sleeping aid" width="259" height="130" /></a>Other than the things mentioned in the tips to fall asleep, there are several other things that you can do.  For example, be aware of how much caffeine you consume during the day.  The Mayo Clinic warns that 500mg or more per day can cause insomnia.  That’s equivalent to about five 8 ounce cups of coffee.  If you normally order a Starbuck’s Venti in the morning, you’re getting about half of that or 250mg in one serving.  Try to get some physical exercise too.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Brain Entrainment Software</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Of all of the natural sleep aids available today, brain entrainment software is the safest and the most effective.  There are no unwanted side effects.  In fact, there are side “benefits”. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sleeping well reduces wrinkles, delays the aging process, improves concentration and energy levels during the day, aids in weight loss and, basically, heals all ailments.  Brain entrainment will help you sleep well, reduce stress and help you feel more relaxed throughout the day. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Brain entrainment works by altering brainwaves through audio or visual means.  The most effective method, according to the latest research is audio, and of the audio methods available, Isochronic tones are the most effective.  Yan Muckle’s Sleep Tracks is one of the few CD programs available that makes use of Isochronic tones.  No headphones are required and unlike some of the other tips to fall asleep, it works fast. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">If you suffer from insomnia or just have difficulty sleeping sometimes, try natural sleep aids before you resort to prescription meds.  From personal experience, I can say that Yan Muckle’s Sleep Tracks is the most effective. </span></p>
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		<title>The Natural Sleep Cure &#8211; Cutting Down Your Sleeping Time.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.insomniapedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/naturalsleepsecrets_1.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.insomniapedia.com/nss" target="_blank"><img class="size-medium wp-image-421 alignright" title="Natural Sleep Secrets" src="http://www.insomniapedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/naturalsleepsecrets_1.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="256" /></a>Often many of us fall asleep and wake up eight hours later, but feel exhausted and tired for the rest of the day. Most people try to solve this problem by sleeping more. When that doesn’t work, they get frustrated and eventually resign themselves to chronic fatigue.</span></span></span></span></div>
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If you are like this, there is one very simple, completely natural sleep cure that will help you feel rested and energized all day long.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Instead of sleeping more; get sleep better. How? You just have to understand how sleeping works. The sleeping cycle lasts 90 minutes and repeats itself for as long as the person is asleep (typically between 4 and 6 hours a night).</span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;">During that cycle, the sleeper goes through non-REM sleep for 80 minutes, which means the sleeper is not yet in deep sleep during that time. Once the sleeper is in non-REM sleep for 80 minutes, the sleeper then spends 10 minutes in the REM stage, the most important stage of the sleeping process. </span></span></div>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The trick is to arrange your sleeping schedule around your REM cycles. When someone wakes in the middle of a cycle, the sleeper becomes groggy and has difficulty becoming fully awake. You’ve probably noticed that some days you can pop out of bed, while on other days, it feels impossible. </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now get ready for one of the natural sleep cures, before going to bed, set an alarm, even if it’s a weekend or you’re on vacation. (Remember, more sleep can actually hurt your energy levels, and if you follow this routine, you will have no need to sleep in.) </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><span style="font-size: medium;">Although it’s valuable to go to sleep and wake up at the same time every night, you should always set your alarm according to when you go to sleep, regardless of how early or how late you crawl into bed. Make sure that when you set your alarm you wake up at the end of a sleep cycle instead of in the middle of one. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can do this easily by using the 90 minute rule. However long you sleep, you should wake up at one of these times: after one an a half hours of sleep, three hours, four and a half, six, or seven and a half. Because of this simple rule; the natural sleep cure, you will actually feel much more refreshed after six hours than you would if you had slept seven. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When you set your alarm, you should add an extra seven minutes to your total sleeping time. You should do this because for those of us that can fall asleep shortly after lying in bed, seven is the average time it takes to fall asleep. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If it takes you a long time to fall asleep, you should still use this rule, but you should do your best to accommodate to your damaged schedule. If you’ve been awake for an hour or two, you should reset your alarm so that you still get in your sleep cycles. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">However, it would be much more useful to find ways to help yourself fall asleep. You can do this by relaxing before bed (reading, baths, etc.), going to bed at the same time each night, never being in bed while awake, and being active throughout the day. </span></span></span></p>
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		<title>With Sleep Tracks Yan Muckle Retrains the Brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span><span style="font-size: medium;">By creating Sleep Tracks Yan Muckle has done a great service for those of us that have had trouble falling asleep and remaining sound asleep for the entire night.  If you’ve tried other insomnia sleep tracks, without success, there’s a reason for that.  It has to do with the brain entrainment method that the software or CD producer made use of.  That might sound complicated and too much for your tired brain to handle.  So, let me try to simplify it for you. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> The brainwaves emitted during sleep are of a specific frequency, something like traditional radio waves.  If you think of a tuner on an FM radio, as you turn the dial, you are picking up different frequencies that were originally emitted from a radio tower somewhere. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Throughout the day, the brain emits waves of differing frequencies.  When you are relaxed, the waves are somewhere near the middle of the dial.  When you are wide awake, they are higher up on the dial.  When you are deep asleep, the waves emitted are of a very low frequency. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Brain entrainment basically means training the brain to emit low frequency relaxed waves, which allows you to fall asleep.  In order to accomplish that, most software manufacturers use binaural beats to train the brain. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Soundtracks of that type require the use of headphones, because one tone goes in the right ear and another in the left ear.  Most people find it difficult to sleep with headphones on and research indicates that binaural beats are less effective than Isochronic tones, a recently discovered technology. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> With Sleep Tracks Yan Muckle gives you Isochronic tones.  No headphones are required and you will have the most effective insomnia sleep tracks available. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> You might say that binaural beats are older science.  It worked for some people, but not for others.  With the Isochronic tones on Sleep Tracks Yan Muckle has provided the latest technology, the newest science.  Research indicates that it works for everyone…if not right away, within a few weeks, the brain is retrained. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Other insomnia sleep tracks only work for as long as you use them.  While they are supposed to be retraining the brain, it actually doesn’t work out that way.  Most people need only use Yan’s insomnia sleep tracks for a few months before they are able to fall asleep and stay asleep unassisted. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Because he is so confident in the effectiveness of Sleep Tracks Yan Muckle offers a satisfaction guarantee.  If for any reason you are dissatisfied with your purchase, which is not likely to happen, you can get a full refund.</span></span></p>
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		<title>A Real Cure for Insomnia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-size: medium; ">If you are looking for a cure for insomnia, you should consider retraining your brain.  Lack of sleep is not just frustrating.  It leads to a variety of short- and long-term health problems.  The brain knows how to put your body to sleep.  You just need to give it some help. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> It’s our busy lifestyles and continued “wake up” stimuli that prevent us from becoming sleepy.  Basically, a real cure for insomnia is one that allows us to let go of the day’s happenings, become sleepy and gradually fall asleep. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> It takes the average person about 15 minutes to fall asleep.  If you’re looking at the clock every half hour for hours on end, then you have a problem.  Some people are able to fall asleep, but wake up after a few hours and find it impossible to get back to dreamland. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> If that describes you, then you are also suffering from a lack of sleep.  The software and CD program developed by Yan Muckle can help you become sleepy, begin to sleep soundly and sleep throughout the night. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> Yan has utilized the latest scientific techniques to create an audio program called brain entrainment.  There are other brain entrainment programs around, but Sleep Tracks by Yan Muckle is unique.  For one thing, most programs require the use of headphones, which can actually contribute to a lack of sleep because of the discomfort. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> This is not a “white noise” CD.  White noise seems to work for some people, by blocking out background noise, but light sleepers are often awakened by the soundtracks.  The tones on Sleep Tracks are different. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> Research has shown that brainwaves can be manipulated by various sounds.  Some sounds cause brainwaves to “settle down”, becoming relaxed because the brain imitates them.  The tones on Yan Muckle’s Sleep Tracks are not just relaxing tones, like the sound of an ocean or falling rain.  They are specially designed as a cure for insomnia.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> When you hear the tones, your brainwaves start to imitate them.  The brainwave frequencies become lower, which is where they need to be if you are to fall asleep. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> With all of the scientific knowledge that is available today, there is no reason for anyone to suffer from a lack of sleep or the health problems created by it.  You can train your brain to relax.  It’s simple with Yan Muckle’s Sleep Tracks.  It’s a real cure for insomnia and there’s nothing quite like it.</span></span></p>
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		<title>How to Fall Asleep and Get A Good Night Sleep</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; ">Your brain knows how to fall asleep, unless you are suffering from some rare disease.  But, getting a good night sleep is still difficult for many people.  Insomnia is a common complaint and lots of prescriptions are written for sleep aids every day. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> That’s too bad, because there are numerous detrimental side effects associated with prescription sleep aids, including addiction.  Taking a pill might seem like the easy way out, but retraining your brain is pretty easy, too. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> Researchers have known for years that it was possible to “re-teach” the brain about how to fall asleep, but the general public has not been made aware of it, until recently.  One of the people primarily responsible for letting the average person in on what scientists have known for years is Yan Muckle.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> Yan has made it his life’s work to help people get a good night sleep without drugs by creating Sleep Tracks, a type of brainwave entrainment software.  Brainwave entrainment involves listening to a specific beat or tone, which corresponds with a specific brainwave pattern. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> Brainwaves are like radio frequencies.  Scientists have been able to measure the specific frequencies that correspond with specific mental states.  Beta waves, with a frequency of 12-38 Hz occur when a person is wide awake.  Alpha waves are emitted when the brain is in a more relaxed state.  Theta waves are associated with light sleep or a state of hypnosis.  Finally, delta waves, with a frequency of .2-3 Hz correspond with deep dreamless sleep, during which the body heals itself. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> If you don’t get a good night sleep, your body cannot perform the necessary healing.  You may suffer from a variety of different illnesses, have colds frequently or simply be grumpy and unproductive.  In addition, lack of sleep increases the body’s production of stress hormones called Cortisol, which do damage to the cells and fibers.  So, not only is the body unable to heal itself, it is also hurting itself. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> In order to avoid all of this, you need to retrain your brain about how to fall asleep.  Sleep Tracks can help you do that.  It is available for download directly from the internet.  So, you could get a good night sleep, starting today. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> There are a number of other brain entrainment software programs on the market, but most of them use binaural beats as stimuli, which require the user to wear headphones.  Sleep Tracks makes use of Isochronic tones, which do not require the use of headphones and are actually more effective, according to recent studies. </span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: medium; "> Sleep Tracks includes a fast start guide, which will teach you how to fall asleep quickly and easily, as well as a whole night soundtrack that helps you stay asleep.  Join those of us that have conquered insomnia and see what it feels like to actually wake up refreshed again.</span></span></p>
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		<title>Transient Insomnia vs. Chronic Insomnia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">About one third of Americans complain that they have sleeping problems, but only half of them consider their difficulty to be serious. That&#8217;s because there are two different types of insomnia: transient insomnia, and chronic insomnia. Because chronic insomnia is a serious but treatable illness, it&#8217;s important that you understand your insomnia and which kind you have.</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size: medium; ">Transient Insomnia</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Also be called intermittent insomnia. This type of sleep-deprivation only lasts a few days. It&#8217;s usually caused by factors that are easily identifiable, such as changes in a person&#8217;s sleeping environment, medications, jet lag, pain or illness, or stress that is either acute or reoccurring. The type of stress that can cause transient insomnia can be caused by work, health, relationships, and other problems.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">This type of insomnia is relatively easy to treat. It typically only requires a few changes in a person&#8217;s life or environment. If a medication is causing the insomnia, the individual can stop taking it or replace it with something else. Stress can be overcome, either through therapy, building endurance, or removing the stress, the sleeping environment can be changed to be more comfortable, physical illnesses can be addressed, and so forth.</span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size: medium; ">Chronic Insomnia</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">Chronic insomnia, on the other hand, is more complicated. It is usually defined as inadequate quality or quality of sleep for at least one month. If you have trouble sleeping and think you might have chronic insomnia, see your doctor as soon as possible.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">There are two types of chronic insomnia: difficulty staying asleep and difficulty falling asleep. A person might have difficulty staying asleep and wake up repeatedly in the middle of the night because of medications, drug or alcohol use, psychiatric disorders like anxiety and depression, or sleep apnea. Difficulty falling asleep can be caused by poor sleeping habits, poor sleep environment, restless leg syndrome, circadian rhythm disorder, advanced sleep-phase syndrome, or delayed sleep-phase syndrome.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">Insomnia that lasts over a month can be caused by multiple factors at a time, making it more difficult to address its cause. This also makes it difficult to self-diagnose the cause, so if you have trouble sleeping, it&#8217;s always best to speak with a doctor. If you aren&#8217;t sure whether your sleeping problems warrant a doctor&#8217;s visit, there are certain things you can try to improve your sleep. If these tricks don&#8217;t work, a doctor&#8217;s visit is necessary:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium; ">-	Refrain from consuming nicotine, caffeine, and alcohol, especially before bed.<br />
-	Exercise daily, but do so hours before going to bed.<br />
-	Don&#8217;t do anything in bed except sleep and be intimate.<br />
-	Don&#8217;t nap.<br />
-	Don&#8217;t eat heavy meals before bed.<br />
-	Go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day.<br />
-	Relax for half an hour before bed.<br />
-	Don&#8217;t let yourself stay awake in bed. If you&#8217;ve been in bed for 15 minutes and you&#8217;re    still not asleep, get up and do something for about 20 minutes, or until you get            tired.</span></p>
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		<title>What Causes Insomnia and Symptoms of Insomnia.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Insomnia can be very frustrating when you don’t know what’s causing it. To make matters worse, if you don’t know what’s causing your insomnia, it’s impossible to properly treat it. Therefore, it’s important to evaluate what is keeping you awake so you can take the necessary steps to curing your insomnia. There are usually three groups of causes of insomnia: psychological causes, physical causes, and temporary factors. No matter what the cause of insomnia may be, you should always consult with a doctor if your insomnia lasts for more than three weeks to make sure it isn’t being caused be any serious problems.</span></p>
<h2><span>Psychological Symptoms</span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Certain problems with an individual’s psyche can keep the person awake and unable to rest. Anxiety, for example, is an emotional problem that causes a person to feel more tension, worry, fear, and uncertainty. Symptoms of anxiety can be caused by environmental factors, such as financial or relationship concerns, or it can be caused by a debilitating anxiety disorder. Depression, or feelings of sadness and discouragement, likewise can keep someone from sleeping and likewise can be caused by a serious mental illness. Another common psychological cause of sleeplessness is stress, or an inability to cope with factors such as physical, social, emotional, or economic changes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Addressing psychological causes of insomnia can be difficult because insomnia likewise causes these psychological problems, such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Often when someone with an emotional disturbance is sleep deprived, a vicious cycle makes the person more emotionally agitated and less able to sleep.</span></p>
<h2><span>Physical Symptoms</span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Hormonal changes in women can cause insomnia, as can a decrease in melatonin, the hormone that controls sleep. Many other medical conditions can lead to insomnia, such as asthma, allergies, arthritis, sleep apnea, high blood pressure, hyperthyroidism, and Parkinson’s disease. If you struggle with insomnia, it is important that you see a doctor to see if it’s being caused by any of these problems. Any kind of pain or discomfort, such as injuries or pain from a medical illness, can interfere with a person’s ability to sleep. </span></p>
<h2><span>Temporary Factors</span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span> </span>While some people struggle with insomnia for the greater part of their lives, others have short-term insomnia that can be linked to temporary events, such as jet lag, working night shifts, medications, overuse of caffeine or alcohol, and dramatic changes in a person’s environment, such as too much noise or an extreme temperature. Another cause of temporary insomnia is adjustment sleep disorder, which is a reaction to stress and can be caused by any stress-inducing event.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Insomnia is a very treatable condition that if left untreated can cause long-term discomfort and misery. Appropriate treatments can be as simple as changing sleeping habits or adjusting your sleeping environment, or it can be as complicated as requiring therapy or treatment for high blood pressure or asthma. No matter what the cause, treatment is possible, but it is essential that the cause is discovered before treatment can begin. Evaluate your life to see if any of the problems already discussed apply to you. You just might be on the right track to curing your insomnia.</span></p>
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