Monthly Archives: June 2009

Sleep Problems: Teen Depression, Adult Male Mortality Risk

Forbes published an article today entitled “Early Bedtime May Help Stave Off Teen Depression.” It discusses recent research on teens and sleep by James Gangwisch of Columbia University Medical Center. The study found that “Teens whose parents insist on 10 p.m. or sooner for lights out were 25 percent less likely to be depressed and

Improving Your Sleep

Just a quick update today. The New York Times has a fairly exhaustive (no pun intended) article on sleep hygiene. It is titled “A Cost-Effective Good Night’s Sleep.” The article is self-explanatory so I won’t attempt to redo what they have already done well. You can see the article in its entirety by clicking here.

On the roles of the environment and FGF2 in anxiety

The Medical News recently posted and article entitled: Research suggests potential new treatment for anxiety disorders and depression. The article reviews the study A New Role for FGF2 as an Endogenous Inhibitor of Anxiety, which was published by The Journal of Neuroscience on May 13, 2009. The article reminds us that “(p)revious human studies…showed that