Article: How to Cure Insomnia? Get Up, of Course

Youson, Patricia
Washington Informer
04-25-2001
How to Cure Insomnia? Get Up, of Course

It sounds like a bad joke. A man walks the doctor's office and complains he
spends all night tossing and turning and just can't fall asleep.

The doctor's suggestion: Get out of bed.

But it's no joke. In a breakthrough for sleep-deprived people across the
country, researchers are reporting that millions of Americans can beat
insomnia without sleeping pills by following a few simple rules, such as
leaving bed if sleep doesn't come.

According to Jack Edinger, a medical psychologist with Duke University
Medical Center in Durham, N.C., many people who have trouble staying asleep
can be helped by training themselves to ...

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