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ANSWER: Alcoholic drinks, including wine, help people fall asleep faster, but alcohol-induced sleep is not refreshing sleep.

During the night, people are frequently roused from such sleep, even though they might not be aware of being roused.

This kind of sleep leaves them tired the next day.

Dr.

Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible.

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If you boost that level to more than 1 gram (1000 mg), you can get irregular heartbeats, panic and anxiety disorders, muscle twitching, incoherent speech, excessive urination, flushed skin, and depression.

And, believe it or not, when you take over 5 grams of caffeine, the results can be fatal.

This is one addiction you want to kick quickly!

” Kushner strives to educate through her book, "The Truth About Caffeine- How Companies that Promote it Deceive Us and What We Can do About it" The book has been described by critics as a “wake-up call” about caffeine and reveals “frightening evidence” of the damage caffeine can cause The book reveals many serious physical and psychological effects of caffeine and the damaging effects on the public.

To learn more about Kushner's book, or National Caffeine Awareness Month, you can visit www.caffeineawareness.org or contact Marina Kushner at (815) 572-8007.

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Contact Info CAFFEINE AWARENESS ALLIANCE Phone: 815-572-8007 E-mail: Click Here to Send Web site: http://www.CaffeineAwareness.org PO Box 144 Bklyn, NY 11224 Release Information Industry: Volunteer, More Press Releases from Volunteer Country: United States, More Press Releases from United States MSA (Metropolitan Statistical A...

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While efficacious treatments for breast cancer have progressed rapidly in recent years, developing new management strategies for these secondary complaints, often related to the treatment itself, is only a recent area of study.Exercise has been identified as a possible treatment for quality-of-life-limiting symptoms.

A recent review of the effect of aerobic exercise on quality of life among recently treated breast cancer survivors indicated an effect only half as large as the effect noted from six months of strength training.

Tetsuya Ohira, M.D.

of the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Minnesota and colleagues evaluated the efficacy of weight training to improve depressive symptoms and quality of life in breast cancer survivors.

Half of the 86 women who had received breast cancer treatment within the last 36 months started a weight-training exercise program and half didn't.Eighty percent who weight-trained reported an improvement in overall physical and psychosocial quality of life compared to 51 percent in the control group.

Significant improvements in lean body mass and upper body strength had the greatest impact on symptoms.

"Changes in body composition and strength," the authors concluded, may empower these women with "a sense of return to feeling in control of their bodies that may translate into feeling greater efficacy in other areas of life."This information was provided b...