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Dream loss may be a bigger health hazard than sleep deprivation

October 23, 2017 Urbanatural

A silent epidemic of dream loss may be at the root of many illnesses attributed to sleep deprivation, say scientists, suggesting that the unrecognised public health hazard may contribute to depression, a study claims. Researchers detailed the various factors that cause rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and dream loss. Typical sleep follows a pattern in which deeper, non REM sleep is prioritised by the body. Only later in the night and into the early morning do people experience dreaming, during REM sleep. “We are at least as dream deprived as we are sleep-deprived.…

Depression is not a weakness, say health experts

April 7, 2017 Urbanatural

– By Prasad Joshi With ‘Depression: Let’s talk’ being the theme of World Health Day falling on Friday, health experts have stressed that the curable mental disorder should not be considered as weakness of an individual. Exhorting the need for doing away with the social stigma associated with depression, experts have urged that those affected should not suffer in silence and open up about the mental agony or trauma they are undergoing. Psychiatrist Sanjeev Saoji said, “We have often found that a person – trying to open up about his…