Unwinding is very, very important. You've got to make sure that you're not thinking about what you're going to do the next day or what you did that day before you go to bed.

Those medicines are all good, especially the new hypnotics. The newer medications have a shorter duration of effect, meaning the effect doesn't persist and cause problems during the day. Short-term hypnotic use -- a week or two -- is fine.

Sleep tends to be fragmented, meaning we become sleepy during the daytime. That's why you see a lot of the older folks tend to fall asleep easily during the day.

It had been wishful thinking, plain and simple, dangerous for me to indulge in. Hope, happiness and freedom were not in my future.

Nature is the best Time-keeper.

If a patient doesn't have any nose symptoms and he or she is coughing, then you should not be thinking they have the common cold.