This one-hour therapy session can
cure your insomnia
Northumbria University
researchers showed that one cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) session ‘cured’
acute insomnia in 73 per cent of participants, the Independent reported. Sixty
per cent of participants reported improvements in their sleep quality one month
after the therapy. The effects were even more pronounced three months after the
study, with 73 per cent reporting an improvement in their sleep. Only 15 per
cent of the control group did not go on to develop chronic insomnia.
Lead author Jason Ellis said that chronic insomnia
is a considerable health burden both on the individual and the economy and has
been linked to the development or worsening of a number of physical and
psychiatric conditions. Ellis added that the results clearly showed that a single
therapy session had successful results, with an improvement in sleep quality
for some 60 per cent of those with acute insomnia within one month. He noted
that the longer-term benefits were even better with almost three quarters of
those who received the intervention not developing chronic insomnia.
Source: www.thehealthsite.com
04.06.2015
Your toothbrush may be giving you
diseases!
Anew researchhas
revealed that bacterial growth on hollow-head toothbrushes is 3,000 times more
than solid-head power toothbrushes. If you are using a ‘shared’ bathroom,
be careful about where and how you store your toothbrush. Researchers have
found that toothbrushes can serve as a vector for transmission of potentially
pathogenic organisms. The researchers found evidence of transmission of fecal
coliform bacteria in communal bathrooms.
‘The main concern is not with the presence of your own
fecal matter on your toothbrush, but rather when a toothbrush is contaminated
with fecal matter from someone else, which contains bacteria, viruses or
parasites that are not part of your normal flora,’ said Lauren Aber from
Quinnipiac University in the US. For the study, all toothbrushes were
collected from participants using communal bathrooms, with an average of 9.4
occupants per bathroom in Quinnipiac University.
At least 60 percent of the toothbrushes were found to be
contaminated with fecal coliforms. ‘Using a toothbrush cover does not
protect a toothbrush from bacterial growth, but actually creates an environment
where bacteria are better suited to grow by keeping the bristles moist and not
allowing the head of the toothbrush to dry out between uses,’ Aber
said. ‘Better hygiene practices are recommended for students, who share
bathrooms both in the storage of their toothbrush but also in personal
hygiene,’ Aber added.
Toothbrushes are a known source of contamination.
Scientists have suspected since the 1920s that the re-use of toothbrushes could
be a possible source of infection in the oral cavity. There are several
potential sources of contamination of one’s toothbrush — toothbrushes stored
open in the bathroom are especially vulnerable to contamination with material
from the toilet or contamination from other occupants.
This research was presented at the annual meeting of the
American Society for Microbiology in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Source: www.thehealthsite.com
04.06.2015
The smallest thanks is always worth more than the effort it
takes to give it
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