Longer sleep tied to worse cholesterol in seniors

Older people who spend more time sleeping have higher cholesterol levels, and less "good" HDL cholesterol, Dutch researchers report. Complete news at...

The immune system's battle against invading bacteria reaches its peak activity at night and is lowest during the day. Experiments with the laboratory model organism, Drosophila melanogaster, reveal that the specific immune response known as phagocytosis oscillates with the body's circadian rhythm, according to Stanford researchers who presented their findings at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) 48th Annual Meeting, Dec. 13-17, 2008 in San Francisco. Complete news at...

Will "exergaming" help you get into shape, or should you try boot camp or high-intensity interval training instead? Complete news at...

Snoring and daytime sleepiness are not associated with allergic rhinitis, but are associated with obstructed nasal passages, regardless of an individual's allergic status, according to an article released on December 15, 2008 in Archives of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. One persistent symptom of allergic rhinitis, a runny nose due to allergies, is nasal obstruction. Complete news at...

Animal species that sleep for longer do not suffer as much from parasite infestation and have a greater concentration of immune cells in their blood according to a study published in the open-access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. The question of why we sleep has long puzzled scientists. Complete news at...

Alzheimer's Society Comment On Research Suggesting That Sleep Disorder May Be An Early Sign Of Dementia Or Parkinson's Disease

People who act out their dreams through kicking and crying out in their sleep may go on to develop dementia or Parkinson's disease, according to a study published in the online issue of Neurology. In the research 93 people with REM sleep behaviour disorder who had no signs of a neurodegenerative disease were followed for an average of five years. Continue reading ...

Title: War Vets With Headaches Could Have Brain Problems
Category: Health News
Created: 1/6/2009 2:00:00 AM
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US researchers found that people who slept fewer than seven hours a night, and who spent more of that time awake, were nearly three times more likely to develop a cold than people who had eight hours or more of undisturbed sleep. The study was the work of Dr Sheldon Cohen, of the Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and colleagues, and was published in the 12 January issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Continue reading ...

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Title: Loads of Overtime May Cost You Your Head
Category: Health News
Created: 1/12/2009
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