A new report released yesterday by the Sleep Health Foundation counted the cost of sleep disorder related issues to Australia. Some of the statistics revealed: The fact that sleep disorders contribute to other diseases and injuries is not new news, but the figures are. The proportion of each condition attributable to a sleep disorder is [...]
Importance of Sleep
February 3, 2012
Reawakening the Nation about the Cost of Sleep Disorders
August 17, 2010
Catalyst ABC TV, Weight Loss, Sugar Diabetes and Sleep
Catalyst this Thursday ABC1, 8:00 pm has information on obesity and sleep; sugar diabetes and sleep etc. Recommended watch.
February 4, 2010
Dead Tired “Awake is the New Sleep” SBS ONE
Dead Tired:? Awake is the New Sleep SBS ONE Today on TV in Australia they’ve got a program on SBS ONE Dead Tired: Awake is the New Sleep. Don’t miss it, because I think it was a goodie. 1.30 – 2.30 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time. Suspect it is a repeat from last year, but [...]
November 27, 2009
Featured on National TV
Elizabeth Shannon and her work promoting experts and leading edge Natural Solutions for Insomnia has also been featured on the ABC New Inventors TV Program, Mornings with Kerri-Anne TV Program, Radio 2UE, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Sun-Herald, The Financial Review Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens and numerous other publications.
July 9, 2009
Nic Lucas – Anxiety – July 15 7:00 pm Sydney Time
Thanks everyone for the comments from last night!? Yes, it was amazing.? So much information!? And yes, there were many questions last night, sorry we didn’t get to all of them. We had registrations from Dallas, New York, Minesota, Christchurch, Auckland, Mumbai, Canada, Tokyo, UK and well as our Aussi contingent.? Wow, the internet allows [...]
June 10, 2009
Coronary Heart Disease and Sleep
The following relationships have been established linking coronary heart disease and sleep: Sleep apnea is associated with heart disease. Studies have shown that between 50 and 80 percent of stroke and heart failure patients have some form of sleep disordered breathing. Sleep apnea has been associated with depression. Cortisol, the stress hormone, is associated with [...]
June 10, 2009
Say Yes! Yes! to NO
We’re talking Nitric Oxide (NO) today.? And I’m going to recognise the great work of Dr Christiane Northrup again here.? ?I’m reading her newly released book The Secret Pleasures of Menopause. Now before you guys start switching off and heading for the barbeque, I’ll tell you that nitric oxide is released from nerve cells in [...]
May 6, 2009
Cancer Payout for Danish Night Shift Workers
The Danish Government has commenced paying compensation to women who have developed breast cancer after years of working night shift. There appears to be mounting evidence that shift work could suppress the production of melatonin in the body. (Melatonin is believed to have some beneficial effects in preventing the onset of cancer.) Read this article [...]
Breaking news I found on the Insight website is that the Danish Government recently compensated 39 nurses and flight attendants who developed breast cancer after careers of working night shifts. “They are currently the only government in the world who have formally recognised a link between working night shift and the onset of cancer.”? http://news.sbs.com.au/insight/episode/index/id/63 [...]
