Having trouble getting your kids to sleep through the night? Read advice for keeping your child healthy by encouraging sleeping all night. Read more ...
Common sleep problems, aging problems and memory problems are all connected. Keep reading to learn about the physical and psychological effects of aging and sleep problems. Read more ...
Narcolepsy and hypersomnia greatly impact those who suffer from them. Keep reading to learn about narcolepsy treatments, including using antidepressants, modafinial and xyrem. Read more ...
You may never hear fruit flies snore, but rest assured that when you're asleep they are too. According to research published in the January 2009 issue of the journal GENETICS (http://www.genetics.org), scientists from the University of Missouri-Kansas City have shown that the circadian rhythms (sleep/wake cycles) of fruit flies and vertebrates are regulated by some of the same "cellular machinery" as that of humans. Read more ...
A PhD thesis at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has studied the origin of the mutation that causes Fatal Familiar Insomnia (FFI). In the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country there is a high rate of carriers of this mutation 50%of all the cases registered in the whole of Spain. Fatal Familiar Insomnia (FFI) is one of the diseases considered as rare there are less than 100 cases described throughout the world. Read more ...
Saturday, January 17, 2009
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