More than 1 in 4 (27%) of Americans say anxieties about finances, thee conomy or job loss kept them awake last month according to a new poll by the National Sleep Foundation. Sleep medications are not without risk...so some sleep experts say it is time we learned to fall asleep on our own.

Of particluar concern to some sleep experts is the age at which people are turning to sleeping pills. Adults under the age of 45 are fast replacing the elderly as  the prime market for sleeping pills. The most dramtic growth was seen in colege-age students