A recent study set out to determine which insomnia treatment was more effective for cancer survivors: mindfulness-based stress reduction (a combination of yoga and mindful meditation) or cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia. The study involved 111 Canadian adults with nonmetastatic cancer who were at least 1 month away from finishing [...]
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The best cure for insomnia caused by fibromyalgia
Perhaps unsurprisingly, there is a close link between sleep disturbances, arthritis and fibromyalgia. A recent study found that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia significantly improved sleep quality compared to a control group who participated in a sleep hygiene education program. The research out of Spain involved 59 women with fibromyalgia [...]
If you’re not asleep after ten minutes, get out of bed
One of the best pieces of insomnia advice we share on this blog is this: If you can't sleep, get out of bed. If you lie in bed and concentrate on trying to fall asleep, you're unlikely to be successful. It's all too easy to lie in bed worrying about the [...]
Insomnia may reduce the effectiveness of CBT for depressed teenagers
Generally speaking, we're big fans of CBT as an insomnia treatment. It doesn't involve medication, and it can be remarkably effective. That being said, it would appear that when used to treat depression in teenagers, CBT is less effective if the individual also suffers from insomnia. This is a major finding, [...]
A British celebrity shares a credible insomnia treatment
We know you just love the celebrity insomnia cures we share, so here's another one for you to finish off the workweek. Nick Bailey, star of the British soap 'EastEnders' tells the Daily Mail that he cured his insomnia by learning how to slow down his heart. After ten years [...]
55% of insomniacs cured their insomnia by getting out of bed
Back in April 2010 we wrote that if you're having trouble getting to sleep you should get out of bed. The reasoning was that lying in bed trying to force yourself to sleep is counterproductive and actually makes sleep more difficult. A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine [...]