A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine connects short sleep duration and obesity. A randomized controlled trial was conducted from Nov, 2014 to October, 2020 involving participants between the ages of 21 and 40. All of them had a body mass index (BMI) between 25 and 29.9 and had a sleep duration of […]
By Dr. Eeks Is there an herbal remedy for anxiety? Well, there might be several. Today I want to focus on KAVA, since you often see that marketed for anxiety and stress. Kava Kava ( Piper methysticum) is a plant from the pepper family and native to the South Pacific where it is often […]
By: Erin Stair, MD, MPH Want to know how to sleep better ? It’s to sleep like a Cave Person. Truly. Lots of folks ask me if they should wear the ZENBand ( the headband, pillow speakers and eye-mask combo that I make) while they sleep at night. Everyone is different, but […]
By: Erin Stair, MD, MPH Sleep is a huge public health epidemic. The CDC labels insufficient sleep a public health problem of epic proportions and an estimate 50-70 million US adults suffer from sleep or wakefulness disorders. 9 million people in the US take medication to sleep, most commonly benzodiazepines and barbiturates. Those medications […]