June 24, 2008 – 11:56 am
The common cold seems such a simple illness and yet we’re still looking for a cure. With an expected infection rate of a little over one a year, and for families of small children, or their carers, probably more like three a year, they diminish energy and productivity levels and can affect mood and ability to cope with everyday demands. These days, however, we’re experiencing something else that has many of the same characteristic negative effects on our day to day lives, but which is much more prevalent. Tiredness.
Tiredness due to lack of adequate rest has not only been found to affect mood, concentration, language skills, memory and creativity, it can also lead to all sorts of health problems such as increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, depression, decreased libido and obesity. According to Carl Hunt, director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research in Bethesda, ...
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