Title: Health Tip: Minor Reaction to Childhood Immunizations
Category: Health News
Created: 3/14/2009 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 3/16/2009 Continue reading ...
Alternative sleep patterns, such as the Da Vinci sleep cycle, polyphasic sleep and uberman sleep alter the sleep cycle. Keep reading to learn about polyphasic sleep. Continue reading ...
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Title: Sleep Deprivation Linked to Prediabetes
Category: Health News
Created: 3/16/2009
Last Editorial Review: 3/16/2009 Continue reading ...
Teeth grinding can occur when people are asleep or awake. Keep reading to find out about preventing teeth grinding, including using a night guard or mouth guard. Continue reading ...
Weight gain can sometimes be attributed to a lack of sleep. Keep reading to find out how lack of sleep and sleep apnea can contribute to weight gain. Continue reading ...
Delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS) is often misdiagnosed as a sleep disorder. Learn more about the causes and symptoms of DSPS. Continue reading ...
Monday, April 6, 2009
Diagnosis And Appropriate Treatment Of Chronic Insomnia Should Become The Target Of Public Health Policy, Findings Suggest
A study in the April 1 issue of the journal SLEEP is the first to demonstrate that chronic insomnia with objectively measured short sleep time is an independent and clinically significant risk factor for hypertension. Results indicate that participants with insomnia and an objectively measured, severely short sleep duration of less than five hours had a risk for hypertension that was 500 percent higher than participants without insomnia who slept more than six hours. Read more ...
A new theory about sleep's benefits for the brain gets a boost from fruit flies in Science. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found evidence that sleep, already recognized as a promoter of long-term memories, also helps clear room in the brain for new learning. Read more ...
Preliminary research in healthy men suggests that the narcolepsy drug modafinil, increasingly being used to enhance cognitive abilities, affects the activity of dopamine in the brain in a way that may create the potential for abuse and dependence, according to a study in the March 18 issue of JAMA. Read more ...
Americans who get little shuteye during the work week may be putting themselves in danger of Type 2 diabetes, a new study has found. Read more ...
The recalled products may be contaminated with salmonella, Kroger officials say. Read more ...
People are more aware of the effects of lack of sleep than ever before, yet over a third take a stoical attitude and do nothing about it, a reflection of the increasing social acceptability of being tired, according to a new report 'Sleep in the Information Age' published today by the Future Foundation. The report was released with the launch of Sleep well, Live well, a new campaign aiming to raise awareness of insomnia and sleep problems. Read more ...
A new theory about sleep's benefits for the brain gets a boost from fruit flies in Science. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found evidence that sleep, already recognized as a promoter of long-term memories, also helps clear room in the brain for new learning. Read more ...
Preliminary research in healthy men suggests that the narcolepsy drug modafinil, increasingly being used to enhance cognitive abilities, affects the activity of dopamine in the brain in a way that may create the potential for abuse and dependence, according to a study in the March 18 issue of JAMA. Read more ...
Americans who get little shuteye during the work week may be putting themselves in danger of Type 2 diabetes, a new study has found. Read more ...
The recalled products may be contaminated with salmonella, Kroger officials say. Read more ...
People are more aware of the effects of lack of sleep than ever before, yet over a third take a stoical attitude and do nothing about it, a reflection of the increasing social acceptability of being tired, according to a new report 'Sleep in the Information Age' published today by the Future Foundation. The report was released with the launch of Sleep well, Live well, a new campaign aiming to raise awareness of insomnia and sleep problems. Read more ...
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