sleep aids

People who have trouble sleeping may try dietary supplements, relaxation therapies, or other forms of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in an effort to fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and improve the overall quality of their sleep.

This fact sheet provides basic information on sleep disorders and "what the science says" about the effectiveness of CAM practices people use as sleep aids.

If you are considering a CAM therapy for sleep problems, this information can help you talk with your health care provider about it.

It is a well-spent third of one's life--or that is the ideal anyway...

Sleep, that protective guardian and rejuvenation, the right and necessity of any healthy person, it is all too troubled for many of us.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, only one-third of us are getting this one-third of our liveliness down right.

Millions of adults are suffering from chronic sleep disorders; there are over 53 million prescriptions for sleep aids in the US alone.