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...factors varied as food and drink, mental state or physical pain.

Twenty-two percent of Americans can't get to sleep or stay asleep on regular basis, and sleep loss accounts for more than $18 billion in lost productivity on the job. Sleepiness also causes a large number of car accidents as drivers nod at the wheel. Insomnia affects the poor and the elderly disproportionately.

What qualifies as insomnia? The National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines the problem as encompassing not only a difficulty falling asleep, but also waking often in the night (and not returning to sleep easily), waking up too early in the morning, or sleep that isn't refreshing. Primary insomnia occurs when a person has any of the above problems...

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