CAR – also known as the Cortisol Awakening Response is a general activation of the stress hormone cortisol that occurs sometime after we first wake up in the morning. It is a cycle that is not directly related to the mechanisms of sleep – although disruptions to our diurnal pattern of good sleep can disrupt the awakening response.
The pattern of our cortisol awakening response is partly the cause of...
According to a report from the World Health Organization – (WHO) – dated 2011, at least one million healthy life years are lost every year due to the stress caused to people as a result of hearing traffic related noise, in the western part of Europe.
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The experience of noise is to some extent subjective, some people seem to be more adept at “tuning out” unwanted sounds than...
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One of the most frequent triggers for prescription drug use and abuse is suffering from persistent headaches or migraines.
There is no doubt that headaches come at most inconvenient times – when we have to get things done, and have to be on time. Tension headaches are very much caused by having a negative response to conflicts and stress in our lives. Many articles have been written about what are the best...
Cymbalta is one of those new wonder drugs that must be, if the marketing is to be believed, a drug that we all should have, as being the way to happiness, in our middle age.
Cymbalta is one of many brand names for the SNRI antidepressant drug Duloxetine hydrochloride, that provides us with an uplifting effect. Cymbalta maintains high levels of serotonin and norepinephrine (antidepressant biochemicals) in the...
With a recent statement from the World Health Organization Global Commission coming out in favor of the decriminalization of drugs, and in particular marijuana, it would seem that we might be getting closer to the legalization of marijuana.
The marijuana lobby has had a strong presence for years, and has produced many studies that find marijuana to be unharmful to the body, if not actually beneficial. Cannabis is a...
