You may have noticed that women are more prone to sleep disturbances than men. They are, for instance, up to twice as likely to suffer from insomnia than men. Could there be a link between the body clock that regulates sleep and being a female or a male? Yes, according to an original study conducted by Dr. Diane B. Boivin of McGill University’s Department of Psychiatry and the Douglas Mental Health University Institute.

Classified as: women, sleep, health and lifestyle, insomnia, body clock
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Published on: 12 Sep 2016

McGill Newsroom

Antidepressant use in North America has increased over the last 2 decades. A suspected reason for this trend is that primary care physicians are increasingly prescribing antidepressants for nondepressive indications, including unapproved (off-label) indications that have not been evaluated by regulatory agencies.

Classified as: depression, pain, health and lifestyle, antidepressant, Jenna Wong, manoamine oxidase inhibitors, insomnia, panic disorders
Published on: 24 May 2016
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