Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Workplace Bullying Linked to Sleep Problems

Title: Workplace Bullying Linked to Sleep Problems
Category: Health News
Created: 9/2/2009
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Title: Health Tip: Can't Sleep?
Category: Health News
Created: 9/2/2009 8:10:00 AM
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Title: Home Dialysis a Good Option for Kidney Disease Patients
Category: Health News
Created: 8/27/2009 8:10:00 AM
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Title: Eat Late, Put on Weight?
Category: Health News
Created: 9/8/2009 10:09:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/8/2009 10:09:46 AM Complete news at...

Title: Soothe Back-to-School Anxiety, Teach Kids to Relax
Category: Health News
Created: 8/23/2009 8:10:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/24/2009 Complete news at...

Title: Sleep Training Helps Ease Insomnia Tied to Arthritis
Category: Health News
Created: 8/20/2009 2:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 8/21/2009 Complete news at...

 Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is the most common treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Except for tracheotomy, it is also the most effective treatment for OSA. CPAP is basically a computerized air pump that delivers pressurized air through a hose and then through a nasal interface into the patient's throat. The pressurized air splints open the upper airways, preventing the airflow pauses (apneas) and airflow... Complete news at...

Title: Herbs: Toxicities And Drug Interactions
Category: Doctor's Views
Created: 11/22/1998 6:38:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 9/9/2009 Complete news at...

Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute Launches Largest Study To Date To Explore "Awakening" Effects Of Common Sleep Drug On Vegetative Patients

Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute (MRRI), the research arm of MossRehab, one of the world's leading clinical rehabilitation centers, has launched an ambitious research study to investigate how the sleep drug zolpidem might restore consciousness for patients in the vegetative state. Continue reading ...

Title: Home Dialysis a Good Option for Kidney Disease Patients
Category: Health News
Created: 8/27/2009 8:10:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/27/2009 Continue reading ...

According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), almost six out of ten Americans report having insomnia and sleep problems at least a few nights a week. Insomnia is defined as "An inability to fall asleep or remain asleep long enough to feel rested, especially when the problem continues over time." In an effort to combat this, as many as 25 percent of the people in the United States use medications to help them sleep. Continue reading ...

More than one third of photos in women's magazines depicted babies in unsafe sleep positions, according to a new study in Pediatrics. Additionally, the study found that two-thirds of sleep environments depicted in these magazines were also unsafe. Led by SIDS researchers Rachel Moon, MD, a pediatrician, and Brandi Joyner at Children's National Medical Center, the study analyzed pictures of sleeping infants in 24 magazines with wide circulation among 20- to 40-year-old women. Continue reading ...

You’ve all seen the ads.  You might have even heard about the charges of “disease mongering” that have been bandied about, specifically about this disorder.  We are going to start covering the topic of restless legs syndrome (RLS).  (By the way, disease mongering is when someone with a financial interest in a disease, like a pharmaceutical company with an effective medicine, publicizes a disorder with the sole... Continue reading ...