insomnia doesn't have to take over your life. you can get it under control by making simple lifetime changes. dorian gensler from washington, d.c., shows us how. >> the greatest challenge is if you don't get enough sleep you feel tired and under the weather the next day. >> this 34-year-old tried to spend 15 years getting a good night's sleep. >> i would have a hard time falling asleep or you have an easy time falling asleep but a hard time staying asleep. >> she suffers from chronic insomnia, a condition affecting 1 in 10 adults marked by trouble sleeping lasting for more than a month. in her case it has lasted years. >> during the times you get frustrated. >> reporter: insomnia is common among adults. as many as 30% of americans have trouble sleeping at some points in their lives. it causes sales of sleep aids to skyrocket. in 2009 pharmacists filled 48 million prescriptions for medications like ambian and sonata. this doctor is the director of the the sleep disorder center at george washington medical associates. >> you want a

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symptoms like nightmares, insomnia, hypervigilance and guilt. and for him, something even deeper -- a wounding of the soul. >> something is changed. you know, you feel down to your spirit, you know, that you're different now. you know, we don't really have a conscionesof o ownpirit until it's wounded. and then it needs help. >> reporter: with the increase in crime and suicide among veterans of iraq and afghanistan, the notion that war can actually damage or warp the soul has been gaining traction among experts in the field. nancy sherman, professor at georgetown university, has studied and written extensively about the hearts, minds, and souls of soldiers. >> i like to talk about the moraemotions of war and they include wounds but there's a hard, bad feeling that may erode at your character, that's the really deep one. >> reporter: the kind of emotional wounds lieutenant colonel eric olson witnessed as a chaplain in iraq. >> it's a hard place where you're asked to do some very difficult things, and once you've crossed those lines it's hard to na

can you see why 54 percent of you have insomnia and 20 million americans have depression?tragedy of this is our children, who are in an epidemic of weight gain and obesity. the centers of disease control say that a child born in this country in the year 2000 is 33 percent likely to have diabetes in their early 20s if they are caucasian. if they are african american or hispanic, they are 50 percent likely to have diabetes in their early 20s. "craving health" with dr. richard weinstein will return in just a couple of minutes. but right now, we're taking a break here at your public television station to ask you to go to the phone, go to the website, and make an investment in one of the most valuable resources in our community right now. public television brings you an array of programming that helps educate you and your entire family. health issues are at the forefront of the american consciousness today, and "craving health" with dr. richard weinstein is giving you some new information and some new insight into how you can regain and maintain your vibrant health. now, when y

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jane doe in this case said that her client had suffered some damages, emotional damages including insomnia and suicidal thoughts around asked the jury to award her client $7.5 million. this is the first we have heard of the monetary damages associated with this case, 7.5m the case dates back to 2007 when the alleged victim went to a house party hosted by de anza party baseball players. she claims she was given alcohol then led to a side bedroom where she was then raped by several men before being rescued by some de anza college soccer players, some women. the attorneys for two of the baseball players paint a very different picture of what happened that night. they say that the alleged victim actually asked for sex that night and that she was now on a, quote, mission for millions. joe wall represents a former de anza baseball player who was dismissed from this case. [ pause ] >> one thing that is certain, though, is that there are many witnesses who described jane doe's conduct as voluntary and consensual. >> now, the plaintiff's attorneys are expected to offer a rebuttal to that tomorrow f

according to web md adults with insomnia should start taking .2 milligrams because they say melatonins highly potent. >> i really do think you can take too much. 5 milligrams is about the max you should take. >> nutritionists do not think melatonin is addictive but you should not drive or operate heavy machinery after taking it. >>> we need something to mellow out or own bob redell this morning. he is taking part in the demolition project. hopefully that's the right building, bob. they are going to tear down the earthquakes stadium. i guess he's lending his own helping hand. >> i think they do have actual heavy duty construction machinery ready to go, but bob is doing what he can. look at him go in there. go, bob. >> he is going to slow out his back is what he's going to do. >> he has a cinder block. he could punch through any moment now. we'll watch him going to work. >> he's a man with a mission. >> a new stadium for the earthquakes is on the i way. >>> let's go to christina loren with a check on our forecast. >> it is 49 degrees in sunnyvale. bob redell is working up with a sweat t

she allegedly suffers from insomnia and suicidal thoughts now, but one of the lawyers for the baseball players says the woman is on a mission for millions and argues she asked for the sex. lawyers say she was 17 at the time. she was at a party and had been drinking when she was allegedly gang-rapped during a house party in san jose. three members of the de anza soccer team burst into the room and saw several men engaged in sexual acts with the unconscious girl and they rescued her. that case was never tried in a criminal court. >>> four men who say they were molested by a humbolt county priest have dropped their suit. they will now file a new suit against the archdiocese of dublin, ireland. a 2009 report by the irish government found the santa rosa bishop accepted mcbee even though he had been treated. mcbee is in jail awaiting extradition to ireland to face charges of molesting six boys in the 1970s. >>> congress mccord's police department is back in hot water this morning a few months after settling a gender discrimination suit. a female officer has a new suit now claiming sexual har

lawyers for the young woman say she allegedly suffers from insomnia and suicidal thoughts since the attack, but a lawyer for one of the two baseball players on trial says the woman is, quote, on a in addition for millions and argues that she asked for sex. lawyers for the girl say she was 17 and had been drinking when she was allegedly gang-raped at a house party in san jose. allegedly six members of the deanza soccer team burst in and rescued the girl. >>> a lawsuit was dropped against the catholic diocese of santa rosa. the man will apparently file a new suit against not only the diocese but the average diocese in dublin, ireland. the 2009 report by the irish government found the santa rosa bishop accepted the priest even though he knowingly has been treated for ped feel ya. he's in jail awaiting extradition to ireland to face charges of molesting six boys in the 1970s. >>> the barry bonds perjury trial is moving faster than expected. prosecutors are down to their final three witnesses. court staff are going to read a transcript of bonds' appearance before a federal grand jury in court t

and there's another tip that i really suggest for those of you that have insomnia, or you wake up in the middle of the night and you can't get back to sleep. this might be a tip that you've never heard of before - there's a visual that you can get on the internet and it's of the delta brain waves of sleep - it has a particular sign wave configuration. and the delta brain waves of sleep are the deep waves of sleep - you want to get into deep sleep. so, what i suggest, is that you get a visual of the delta brain waves and you look at it before you go to sleep, and what that does, it trains your brain to go to that deep place. it's really a good tip because it's a way of programming your brain to sleep very deeply and peacefully. it's been very helpful with my patients. another way to turn off the fight or flight response is to avoid negative people who i consider to be biological irritants - especially before you go to sleep. but try and have a circle of positive people around you to boost your biochemistry and the negative people can wear you down - so, it's just important to know tha

. >>> well, two eye-opening federal studies on sleep may not surprise many of our insomnia viewers this researchers say 35% get fewer than seven hours of sleep a night. 23% admit they are so tired they have trouble concentrating during the day. another study reveals one out of 20 drivers say they're so sleep deprived that they admit they've nodded off behind the wheel, even have have nodded off on the job. mike? i don't blame you because we're all sleep-deprived around here. nobody gets any rest. how many hours did you get last night, today, whenever you went to bed? >> it's -- is it monday? >> it's the morning of friday. >> i don't have tiger blood, so i -- >> you're not a winner. >> -- i tire very easily. a couple hours here and there. it's sort of one of those things that you can't get the sleep back. people think you can catch up. >> you can't. it's gone, it's gone. then you're not a winner. >> you're not a winner. that's right. >>> here's your wake-up weather. more soaking rain, drenching areas of midwest with up to 5 inches in some spots. expect flooding in oklahoma, arkansas and