Christian Journalist 'Can't Sleep, Lost 14 Lbs, And May Leave City' After Threats by

[Kabuki Joe]

...wow...there goes the neighborhood...


http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-L...afe-in-ireland

[1751_Texan]

Sad he does not believe in his convitions.

[Refugee]

You joke, but all that change happened in one generation. The Muslims will also threaten you with death if you speak out against them in Europe. One day, it might become a personal risk to you also, or a criminal offence, to speak out against politicians?

[Kabuki Joe]

Sad he does not believe in his convictions.

...so you are ok with what's happening?...very few people feel so strongly about their ideals that they would die for them...maybe 1%, and it's always someone that won't that's the first person to stand up and say they will...

[Ravi]

I wonder if he's depressed.

[Kabuki Joe]

I wonder if he's depressed.

...who knows with an Irishman, they are drink...

[waltky]

Sleep disorders can lead to more serious illnesses...

Sleep disorders can lead to more serious ailments
Mon, Oct 03, 2016 - SEEK TREATMENT: A Kaohsiung physician said that up to half of people with REM sleep behavior disorder are likely to develop degenerative illnesses like Parkison’s

It is important to seek medical help for sleep-related health issues because such issues have been linked to illnesses down the line, a sleep specialist says. Kaohsiung Medical University Sleep Center doctor Hsu Chung-yao cited the case of a 60-year-old man who became violent during sleep, attacking his wife while dreaming. The man tore apart a wardrobe, bent a metal rod and stood as if he was ready to attack his wife, forcing his children to physically restrain him, Hsu said.

RBD

Tests showed the man suffers from rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD), which could make him susceptible to various diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, multiple system atrophy or other degenerative diseases in the coming years. About 40 to 50 percent of RBD sufferers will develop a degenerative disease within 10 years of the onset of RBD, Hsu said. RBD is a serious, yet still little-known illness that affects normal sleep, adding that research at foreign institutions has shown that up to 50 percent of RBD patients are likely to develop other degenerative mental illnesses. Hsu said the center is working with 250 RBD patients, two-thirds of which are male, and 40 percent of which have developed degenerative illnesses.

The condition appears in men over 50 and manifests during REM sleep (when dreams occur) and results in patients acting out the scenes in their dreams. Usually these are unpleasant dreams and will cause patients to yell, punch or kick those around them or fall, and when they wake up they are in a state of shock, Hsu said. Chang Yang-pei, a physician in the university’s Department of Neurology, said that RBD most likely develops due to pathological changes in the bridge that connects the brain to the brain stem. Conditions such as Parkinson’s occur when deterioration in the bridge spreads further up into the midbrain, Chang said, adding that such developments can be stopped if treatment begins early. The best way to examine people who are experiencing sleep-related conditions is to examine them on numerous occasions, Chang said, including at least one overnight stay in the center.

The center’s comprehensive testing involves recording heart rate, breathing difficulties, frequency of snoring, and brain activity throughout the night, Chang said. Hsu said patients are normally prescribed Rivotril and other medications. Medication is successful in controlling 90 percent of the issues related to RBD such as sleep quality and energy levels, adding that treatment helps reduce brain deterioration and physical harm from patients falling out of bed, he said. “Although there is still no medication that can eradicate RBD, through regular hospital visits, good dietary habits, a sanitary sleeping environment and regular exercise, brain deterioration can be much reduced,” Hsu said.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiw.../03/2003656433

[waltky]

Mebbe can cause nightmares too... Do not sleep on it: going to sleep angry makes things worse Thu, Dec 01, 2016 - A good night’s sleep might reinforce negative memories in the brain, researchers said on Tuesday, lending scientific credence to the time-worn caution against going to bed angry.

Slipping into slumber while holding on to a freshly formed bad memory engraves it in the brain, making it harder to shake off later, a team from China and the US reported in the journal Nature Communications. “This study suggests that there is certain merit in this age-old advice: ‘Do not go to bed angry,’” said study coauthor Liu Yunzhe, who conducted the research at Beijing Normal University. “We would suggest to first resolve [the] argument before [going to] bed.” Liu and the research team used 73 male college students to test the impact of sleep on memory. The participants were trained over two days to associate specific images with negative memories. Later, they were made to look at the pictures again and instructed either to recall the negative associations or to fight against it and not let the memory enter their mind. The test was done twice — once after the participants had had a night of sleep and once only half an hour after a training session. All the while, scientists scanned the participants’ brain activity. Participants found it much harder to suppress memories after sleep, the team found, and the scans revealed the souvenirs were likely being stored in a part of the brain with longer-term memory connections. Sleeping is known to affect how newly acquired information is stored and processed in the brain, moving from short to longer-term networks. Memories of negative or traumatic events often last longer than those of positive or neutral experiences, the research team said, but they can, to an extent, be consciously controlled. An inability to suppress bad memories has been linked to a number of psychiatric problems, including depression and post traumatic stress disorder. Before this latest study, “we did not know whether it is better or worse to suppress memories before or after sleep,” Liu said. Better understanding of such processes could boost the treatment of psychiatric problems. “For example, sleep deprivation immediately after traumatic experiences may prevent traumatic memories from being consolidated ... and thus provide the opportunity to block the formation of traumatic memories,” the study authors wrote. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worl.../01/2003660364

[Captain Obvious]

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