Most everyone has an occasional night of bad sleep. Difficulty sleeping may last only a few days and often goes away without treatment.
However, other factors—such as stress or poor health—can cause a more serious type of sleeplessness that may last for several weeks.
This kind of insomnia may not go away on its own, and can lead to both short and long-term health problems if left untreated. Some of
the more severe sleep disorders need to be treated at a sleep disorder clinic.
Light Therapy for Sleep
Everyone knows the feeling of a good night's sleep. It's refreshing, rejuvenating and reinvigorating.
Unfortunately, the demands of everyday life don't provide enough opportunity for that restful state. Sleep
disorders like insomnia, restless leg syndrome and others are making it increasingly common for people to seek help.
Sleep naturally - without drugs, without side effects
Verilux's sleeping and waking light therapy lamps provide the solution to those common sleep disorders,
without drugs and without side effects. Our light therapy lamps are designed to mesh seamlessly with your
body's natural circadian rhythms. Just as the sun rises and sets everyday, you can rely on Verilux to maintain
your natural sleep patterns. Even as the seasons change. As fall and winter descend and the days get shorter
and shorter.
Circadian Rhythms - The sleep switch
Research into sleep disorders is based primarily on the study of Circadian Rhythms. Circadian Rhythms are the
body's natural reaction to the light-dark cycle. At night, when its dark, the body (pineal gland) produces the
hormone melatonin, which induces sleep. In the morning, when the sun comes up, and the eyes are exposed to the
bright light of the sun, the body stops producing melatonin and we wake up. This switching off and on of the
hormone melatonin by the pineal gland has been referred to as the sleep switch.
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
Most everyone has an occasional night of bad sleep. Difficulty sleeping may last only a few days and often goes away without treatment.
However, other factors—such as stress or poor health—can cause a more serious type of sleeplessness that may last for several weeks.
This kind of insomnia may not go away on its own, and can lead to both short and long-term health problems if left untreated. Some of
the more severe sleep disorders need to be treated at a sleep disorder clinic.
