30-40% of US adults have reported insomnia [4], and annual losses in work performance due to insomnia in the US account for $97 billion [5].
In this article, we’ll discuss risk factors for insomnia, pharmaceutical interventions, and possible natural ways of addressing it. Typically we’d be offended if you fell asleep during one of our articles but this time, if it works for you, then amazing!
Stress management is therefore an essential skill to develop to ensure optimal health and wellbeing. And the ability to rapidly de-stress is an important one, in order to hopefully avoid the regular and persistent stress that can be so damaging to health in the long-term.
In this article, we will briefly review ten indispensable ways to rapidly de-stress based on the latest research evidence.
The whole world is getting more anxious by the day. According to recent statistics, up 33.7% of people will be affected by an anxiety disorder during their lifetime [2] and there are currently 264 million people impacted globally [3].
In 2019, the percentage of patients taking anti-anxiety medication was around 10% in females over 45, and around 5% in males, according to Statista.com. And since the pandemic, these rates have skyrocketed. Currently there are 50 million Americans taking mental health medications. This was an increase in 20% in just one year, from 2020 to 2021 according to the CDC.
In today’s article, we will take a look at the different neurotransmitters are involved in the anxiety response.
