Night terrors (sleep terror or pavor nocturnus) are a sleep disorder characterized by sudden crying, screaming, sweating, apparent fear and hysteria while asleep. A person experiencing a night terror is not awake and may often go back to sleep without recollecting the events. However a sufferer may awaken and continue to display the symptoms of a night terror for a few minutes after waking. Night terrors often occur in the non-REM (Rapid Eye Movement) stage of sleep.

A night terror differs from a nightmare and can affect any age group (infants, toddlers, young children, teens and adults) although it is more common in children under 5 years of age.

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People have hectic daily schedules these days and don’t get a lot of time for exercising and relaxing. As a result of this they get into different problems and getting back pain is one of these common problems. Many people have to undergo lower back pain because of long hours sitting in a single position.

Back pain often proves very annoying and doesn’t allow you to work effectively. With this problem, you can’t sleep well and feel uncomfortable almost all the time. Most of the time, you need some kind of therapy that can help you get rid of this problem. You can also consult with your doctor and can start an exercise session particularly for back pain. The following are some tested exercises that can relieve back pain or keep it away if you try at home.
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Honey soothes throats and helps calm coughs. Honey is the best alternative to the drug laden cough syrups. Honey has been recommended for ages by grandparents in several cultures like Indian.

A recent study established this fact and paved a big hope for the parents who are looking for such harmless alternatives. So next time when your children catch cold and cough, better raise your hands to take the golden nectar bottle down in your kitchen.

The study findings have been published in the “Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine” on December 3, 2007.It says that the children who were given a spoonful of ‘buckwheat honey’ just before going to the bed had deep sleep and coughed less. On the other hand, children who received a dose of any generally prescribed ‘over-the-counter cough suppressant’ did not show equal results even any nearer to this level. The level of relief was no way observed in the children who did not receive any medication.

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Sleep – you either love or hate it. Workaholics who want to do more even after they have completed their tasks at hand wish they didn’t need to sleep. Ironically, these people usually lose their sleep due to their fanatical working habits and this in turn affects the quality of their work. Those who love sleep are also faced with the same problem of a having a lack of sleep. The urban world is harsh on our bodies, and leaves us longing for more of this ever-essential activity which the people of the less-developed world never had a problem with.

The various reasons why you lose sleep:

• You are addicted to a computer game and can’t stop playing.
• Perhaps your favorite television show is on a weekday night and you stay up for it even when you have to wake up early next morning.
• You just procrastinate sleep to stay awake, hoping to do something – ‘productive’
• There is work to complete for your boss

None of these reasons except maybe the last is worth losing sleep over. Here, we’ll talk about the benefits of sleep and why you could easily be ahead of everyone else in this urban world where everyone lacks this important activity.

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