Medical
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Sleeping After Shoulder Surgery
Particularly after major surgery, sleep disturbances are commonplace. And, having trouble sleeping and reclaiming your favorite sleeping position after shoulder surgery is no different. According to the British Journal of Anaesthesia, the body goes through a metabolic and hormonal response to the trauma of surgery referred to as the surgical stress response. This response, along with other post-surgery side effects, such as pain, fever, sore incision, anesthesia, insomnia, and medications, can inhibit many patients' normal ability to fall...
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Sleeping with Contacts
If you sleep in contact lenses that are not specifically indicated to be worn overnight, you probably received an earful from your optometrist warning you...
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Flame Retardant PBDE Chemicals: Hyperactivity and Lower IQs
Flame retardant chemicals, known as PBDE, found in some common household items, such as carpeting, baby strollers, and certain types of mattresses, may be linked...
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Fibromyalgia and Sleep: Controlling Your Illness to Get Better Sleep
An estimated 10 million people suffer from fibromyalgia here in the U.S., and up to six percent of the population worldwide have this condition, reports...
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Sleeping Off a Hangover: The Best Recovery
People suffering from the ill effects of a hangover are often easy to spot. They’re the ones wearing sunglasses inside, moving at a snail’s pace,...
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Back Pain after Sleeping: What it Means and How to Change It
According to the American Chiropractic Association, “31 million Americans experience low-back pain at any given time.” It is also among the most common reasons cited...
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Sleeping After Back Surgery: Making it as Comfortable as Possible
Having difficulty sleeping after back surgery or spinal surgery, like lumbar spine surgery, discectomy, disc replacement, laminectomy, or spinal fusion is completely normal. Your body...
