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Article: Drug-Free Options For Treating Insomnia
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- The Culvert Chronicles
- Article date:
- November 22, 2007
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(NewsUSA) - Here are some eye-opening numbers: Insomnia affects more than 70 million Americans and is one of the most common complaints doctors hear from their patients.
In the 2005 Sleep in America poll, the National Sleep Foundation found that 75 percent of adults reported having at least one symptom of a sleep problem a few nights a week or more within the past year. And only half (49 percent) said they have "a good night's sleep" every night or almost every night.
And according to research published in a 2004 issue of Sleep Medicine Review, up to 40 percent of people 65 and older suffer from sleep problems including difficulties falling asleep and maintaining sleep, and early morning ...