Article: Ways to beat insomnia

Yam Cher Seng
New Straits Times
12-02-2003
Ways to beat insomnia
Byline: Yam Cher Seng
Edition: The City Advertiser; 2*
Section: Health

HAVING insomnia means not receiving an adequate amount and quality of sleep. Adequate sleep is important for proper nerve function and prolonged deprivation of sleep can result in poor productivity, irritability, poor mental and physical health.

Sleeplessness may be caused by anxiety, stress, depression, pain, disease, medications, sleep disorders or an unhealthy lifestyle.
If you have problems sleeping, it can be useful to keep a daily record for two weeks of sleep patterns, food intake, use of alcohol, caffeine, tobacco, medications and exercise to ...

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