Dream interpretation has long been used to help people resolve troubling psychological issues. But few people realize that dreams also can foretell health problems weeks to months before symptoms develop. Landmark study: Vasily Kasatkin, a psychiatrist at the Leningrad Neurosurgical Institute, analyzed...
Best treatment for snoring depends on the cause. Snoring occurs because of a blockage anywhere from the tip of the nose to...
Snoring is a problem that many of my patients suffer from but few admit to. For many of them, snoring is embarrassing....
In a study of 46 people with chronic insomnia, one group was trained in cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) techniques, including relaxation practices and...
The FDA-approved Pillar Palatal Implant for I sleep apnea—the sleep disorder that causes people to stop breathing intermittently—requires outpatient surgery,...
More Americans than ever are taking sleeping pills. Last year, about 42 million prescriptions for sleep medication were filled. Insomnia is more...
The “contagious yawning effect" is due to our ability to empathize. Recent finding: Many people yawn after someone near them yawns....
People who have obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD, are tormented by their own repetitive, nagging thoughts, and for many, there's no...
Anorexia may be caused by dopamine over-activity in the brain. Recent finding: Anorexia nervosa sufferers may have increased chemical activity in their...
Alcoholism may be treated without intensive behavioral counseling. Recent study: Alcoholics taking the oral medication naltrexone (Depade) who met for 20 minutes...
Until recently, bipolar disorder has been associated only with extreme mood swings—suicidal depressions alternating with manic periods of irrational and even...
People who had heart disease and were taking tricyclic antidepressants showed an increased risk of death. These antidepressants, which are known to...