Obama's health secretary pick vows healthcare reform

Former Senator Tom Daschle has vowed that if chosen to be health secretary, the healthcare reform process will be aggressive and open, and it will move quickly to improve care while lowering costs. Complete news at...

In response to a study in JAMA(1) suggesting that getting more sleep reduces calcification (hardening) in coronary arteries, Ellen Mason, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation (BHF), said: "It is not yet clear quite how sleep affects our heart disease risk but this study adds to previous research suggesting that getting enough sleep may help to keep our heart and circulation healthy. Complete news at...

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. Complete news at...

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. Complete news at...

People with a sleep disorder that causes them to kick or cry out during their sleep may be at greater risk of developing dementia or Parkinson's disease, according to a study published in the December 24, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The sleep disorder is called REM sleep behavior disorder. Complete news at...

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Created: 1/13/2009
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