Stress and the City. A new international study shows that two distinct brain regions that regulate emotion and stress are affected by city living. Being born and raised in a major urban area is associated with greater lifetime risk for anxiety and mood disorders. (Nature, 2011; 474(7352):498) Read more.
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Direct link between migraines and sleep deprivation. Anyone who suffers from chronic headaches or worse, migraines, knows that lack of sleep can sometimes be the culprit. And anyone whose been victimized by a migraine also knows that losing sleep can be a trigger for these excruciating and often debilitating special types of headaches. I've talked about the connection between headaches and sleep--or lack thereof.