Sleeping with your "Furry" Friend

Sleeping with your "Furry" Friend
Don't get me wrong. I love animals. I have two cats, and I'd be lost without them. However, All Headline News (AHN) tells us that: "Children who are exposed to pet dogs, cats or other furry friends at home can develop problem snoring when they grow up, a new study has revealed." Heavy snoring can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke and may be the harbinger of sleep apnea.   Lisa Shives, MD, medical director of Northshore...

Rockabye Baby - Pregnancy
We all know, I'm sure, the effects of sleep deprivation, the damage a lack of sleep can do to the body, both mental and physical.   When it comes to sleep deprivation, parents, and in particular, mothers, are high on the list. Babies sleep - well, like babies. The problem is, babies and toddlers may not be on the same sleep schedule as adults.   But the sleep deprivation begins months before baby comes into the world. During the...

Splitting the Sleep Cycle
Biphasic sleep refers to having two split sleep cycles, say from 11 to 3, and then from 6 to 10. This sounds like a strange way to get the sleep we need, but according to some sleep experts, this may be the way it's meant to be.   Were we designed to sleep in shifts? Some scientists, including Richard Stevens, an epidemiologist at the University of Connecticut, suggest this may well be the case. Before all the modern inventions, including...

Sleep woes linked to fibromyalgia
U.S. researchers say they can distinguish people who suffer from fibromyalgia from those who don't have the condition by taking measurements during their sleep.

New restless leg med submitted to FDA
GlaxoSmithKline and XenoPort, Inc. have submitted Solzira to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of moderate-to-severe Restless Legs Syndrome.