Sticking With Your Weight-Loss Plan
Your doctor may have told you that you should lose some weight. Maybe you’ve already made up your mind to lose weight. Or maybe you’re just starting to think about it.
Getting Active to Lose Weight
Think cutting calories from your diet is the only way to lose weight? You can help burn off excess calories simply by being active. Let’s be active! Check with your doctor to see what activities are right for you before making any changes or beginning any new activity plan.
How Stress Affects Your Health
Modern life is full of hassles and frustrations, deadlines and demands. Stress is a normal physical response to events or situations that make you feel threatened or out of balance in some way.
How stress affects your health: the stress response
When your body senses a threat, your nervous system responds by releasing stress hormones, including
What Is Insomnia?
When does a normal, passing sleep problem become insomnia?
Many people know what it feels like to lie awake staring at the ceiling, wishing for sleep. This can happen when you travel and get jet lag, or when you're anxious and overwhelmed by life. But when does it become insomnia?
People with insomnia have one or more of the following symptoms
What Causes Insomnia?
When you’re experiencing insomnia, what does that really mean? Our understanding of how our brains regulate sleep and wake has evolved. As a result, we are learning more about insomnia and what may cause it.
The science of wake and sleep
Your brain has a sleep system (which helps you sleep) and a wake system (which helps keep you awake).
How Does Your Doctor Test for Insomnia?
There is no definitive test for insomnia. Doctors use many different tools to investigate and measure insomnia symptoms, some of which involve asking you questions in the office, having you fill out logs and questionnaires, performing certain blood tests, or doing an overnight sleep study. All of these tests help your doctor understand your persona
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