Most Americans do not get the recommended eight hours of sleep required for good health, safety and optimum performance. In fact, the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) recently reported that 63 percent of Americans are sleep deprived.

The government of Switzerland has bowed to popular pressure and decreed that state-backed health insurance must pay for five types of "complementary medicine" between now and 2017, pending an independent investigation of whether or not they work. Supporters of evidence-based medicine fear the process will confer credibility on dubious treatments.

Migraine is a syndrome characterized by attacks of headache, often accompanied by disordered vision and gastrointestinal disturbances.  The intense head pain associated with migraine is usually unilateral (on one side of the head).

Surprise, surprise: Asia’s stress levels are the highest in the world, says a 2006 survey of business leaders. Many of these worrywarts have long since turned to oddball products that supposedly relieve anxiety. We can’t vouch for any of these gizmos, but they’re amusing as travel gifts and might elicit a few laughs. After all, isn’t that the best medicine for a rough week?