INSTITUTE FOR
MEDICAL WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
JENSEN COUNSELING CENTERS, P.C.
Our Program Provides the Following Features:
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Medically supervised and individualized weight loss programs.
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Medication management and follow-up.
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Personal fitness training (in-home optional)and behavioral therapy.
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Nutrition and diet counseling.
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Board Certified Physicians, Nurses and Nutrition Counselors.
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Stress management and anxiety reduction.
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PMS and hormonal regulation.
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Physicians specializing in child, adolescent and adult eating disorders.
MARY ROBIN PETERS, M.D., P.C.
FRANCINE I. FRIEDMAN, M.D., P.C.
et
Jensen
Counseling
Centers, P.C.
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For Life
A PERSONALIZED PROGRAM FOR WEIGHT LOSS & FITNESS
Including:
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Specializing in people with
Special Needs:
►Cardiac
►High Blood Pressure
►Diabetes
►Hypoglycemia
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ALICIA T. FREIDINGER • MMED Exercise Physiology • ACSM, ACE, Fit, CPR Certified
Counting Sheep
When you're tossing and turning, there are
some modern methods to get you back to sleep.
LYNNE KONSTANTIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
W
ith the blustery win-
ter months upon us,
many Michiganders
eagerly anticipate
cozying up in bed to hibernate the
winter away. We snuggle into our
flannel sheets, read for a bit, sip a
cup of hot cocoa, and aaaah
Next thing we know, it's 4 a.m.,
we're staring at the ceiling, pan-
icking about how we're going to
function at work without a good
night's sleep. So much for the good
life.
One of the most common mis-
perceptions pertaining to insom-
nia — the abnormal inability to
sleep — is that it is an illness.
In fact, insomnia occurs only as
a symptom of a more specific prob-
lem, and that cause may range
from psychologies] disorders to nu-
tritional inconsistencies to plain
old bad habits.
Twenty-six-year-old Susan
Salas recently changed job titles,
and therefore, duties. She has
moved three times in the last six
months, and once because she
broke up with her boyfriend, who
was also her roommate.
It is not surprising that with all
this upheaval she has been expe-
riencing trouble sleeping at night.
"I can nap at the drop of a hat,"
Susan said, "but when it comes to
sleeping at night, I can't fall
asleep. I just can't do it."
So, she takes a quick power nap
at work, which she says makes
her feel refreshed, and she is then
able to continue with her day. At
night, though, Susan lays in bed
wide awake.
"I'm beginning to think that I
just don't need that much sleep,"
she said.
This is a possibility. Some peo-
ple simply don't need as much
sleep as others do. However, be-
cause she naps during the day it
is probably not true of Susan.
Dr. R. Bart Sangal is a clinical
neurophysiologist — he studies
the electrical activity of the brain
— with a subspecialty in sleep
medicine, which he practices and
researches as a private practi-
tioner at Beaumont Hospital's
Sleep Disorders Institute in Troy
and Royal Oak.
`The first thing one must do to
understand insomnia," Dr. San-
gal said, "is to separate acute from
chronic insomnia. Acute lasts a
few days, while chronic insomnia
would be six months or more."
Acute, or transient insomnia is
a frustration that one-third of the
country has experienced, says Dr.