Americans Get Physical After A Good Night In Bed
While weary, overextended Americans are turning to "quick fixes" like caffeine and performance-enhancing supplements, which claim to improve everything from their daily workout to their sex lives, they are losing sight of what experts say is essential to improved performance: a good night's sleep.
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Sleep duration related to having the metabolic syndrome
A study is the first known to report that short and long sleepers are more likely to have metabolic syndrome, or a combination of medical disorders that increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
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Americans Sleeping Thanks To Science
More people than ever before are buying bedding products that meet established scientific standards -- especially people with asthma and allergies -- in search of a better night's sleep.
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Work Hassles Hamper Sleep
Common hassles at work are more likely than long hours, night shifts or job insecurity to follow workers home and interfere with their sleep.
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REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Linked To Neurodegenerative Disorders
REM (rapid eye movement) sleep behavior disorder is associated with anxiety, apathy, lower scores in attention and executive functioning, as well as symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
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Medicare Approves In Home Sleep Apnea Testing
CMS have approved at-home sleep testing for obstructive sleep apnea.
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Infants Who Sleep Less Can Become Overweight In School
Infant children who sleep less than 12 hours per day or have dcreased levels of sleeping pattern have an increased risk of being overweight as preschoolers than those who sleep 12 hours or more.
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Sleep Experts Seek Sleep Apnea, Diabetes Link
Sleep medicine experts are investigating blood glucose levels and the role of fat cells in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
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Deep Sleep Plays Role In Visual Learning
A relationship has been observed between deep sleep and the ability of the brain to learn specific tasks.
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Sleepwalking Easily Spotted After Sleep Deprivation
Keeping those with somnambulism awake for a whole day makes sleepwalking episodes occur more frequently as soon as they get asleep.
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Poor Sleep More Dangerous For Women
Researchers may have figured out why poor sleep does more harm to cardiovascular health in women than in men.
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Molecular biology of sleep apnea could lead to new treatments
Researchers have provided a detailed look at the molecular pathways underlying sleep apnea, which affects more than twelve million Americans and could provide possible treatment for sleep apnea.
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Good Night's Sleep Is Important
To be well-rested is a feat easier said than done for approximately 40 million adults who suffer from chronic sleep disorders and an additional 30 million troubled by intermittent sleep-related conditions.
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Narcolepsy and Cataplexy Sleep Disorder Linked To Eating Disorder
The majority of patients with narcolepsy and cataplexy sleep disorder experience a number of symptoms of eating disorders, with an irresistible craving for food and binge eating as the most prominent features, according to a new study.
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Americans Need More Sleep
Most of Americans sleep less than recommended by experts.
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Insomnia patients with mental conditions often denied sleep treatment
Patients with insomnia who are diagnosed with accompanying mental health ailments often are not prescribed medication that will help them sleep - which could then make related anxiety or depression worse.
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Snoozing Worms Help Researchers Explain Evolution Of Sleep
New research may be key in unlocking one of the central biological mysteries: why we sleep.
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AASM On Sleep Medications And Insomnia Treatment
People suffering from insomnia need to know that there are effective insomnia treatments and their sleep can improve.
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Heath Ledger's Death and Prescription Sleeping Pills
The death of Heath Ledger shook many hearts and brought prescription sleeping pills safety into spotlight as the police says prescription sleeping pills were nearby Heath Ledger's deathbed.
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Sleep Important To Long-Term Health
Sleep well, Iowa, and have a healthy tomorrow!
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CMS Proposes Medicare Coverage Of Sleep Apnea Treatment
CMS proposal to allow Medicare coverage of a sleep apnea treatment for beneficiaries diagnosed with home tests.
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Quick2Sleep All Natural, Fast Acting, Dissolving Strip Works Miraculously
Tossing, turning? Is the stress of being back to work keeping you up at night? Need help to get to sleep quickly?
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Lack Of Deep Sleep May Increase Risk Of Diabetes
Suppression of slow-wave sleep in healthy young adults significantly decreases their ability to regulate blood-sugar levels and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes.
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Selective Attention Most Impaired During First Night Shift Worked
Our biological propensity for keeping awake during the day and sleeping at night makes night work a challenge.
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Physicians seek to improve the quality of sleep in ICU
The sleep patterns of patients in the intensive care unit are so superficial that they barely spend any time in the restorative stages of sleep that aid in healing.
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Less Sleep May Expand Kids' Waistlines
Kids who aren't getting enough sleep also may be at an increased risk for being overweight.
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The Painful Truth About Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is the most common widespread chronic pain condition in the United States, affecting more than six million Americans.
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Sleepiness Clinical Trial Suggests Wake-Promoting Properties
Vanda Pharmaceuticals announced top-line results from Proof- of-Concept Phase II clinical trial evaluating VSF-173 in a clinical model of excessive sleepiness.
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Snoring Men Transform Into Sleeping Beauties After Surgery
Millions of men who suffer from sleep apnea may sacrifice a good night's sleep because they don't know where to get treatment, don't realize relief is available, or are too embarrassed to get help.
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Cephalon Completes PROVIGIL Label Revision
PROVIGIL Sleep Drug Label Revised; Now in Line with NUVIGIL Label Approved Last June. Cephalon Inc. has added a new warning to the label of its sleep disorder drug Provigil to inform patients about the potential risk for a serious skin rash and psychiatric symptoms.
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More Than 12 Million People In US Have Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Mayo Clinic physicians offered updates about diagnosing and treating patients with a variety of sleep disorders.
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Sleep loss linked to psychiatric disorders
While a good night's sleep can regulate your mood and help you cope with the next day's emotional challenges, sleep deprivation does the opposite by excessively boosting the part of the brain most closely connected to depression, anxiety and other psychiatric disorders.
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Introducing New Generation Of Spa Bed
The Rejuvasun spa bed today combines traditional, all-body tanning with light therapy for the face and neck areas.
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Book Offers Insight On Importance Of Sleep For Memory
If you want to optimize your memory and intelligence, improve your sleep.
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Proper Mattress Can Improve Sleep Comfort
A good night's sleep is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle; however, an estimated 70 million Americans complain of sleeplessness.
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Immtech Announces Interim Analysis In African Sleeping Sickness Trial
The trial is evaluating the safety and tolerability of pafuramidine, and comparing pafuramidine's efficacy to pentamidine, a non-oral drug, in treating Human African Tryanosomiasis (HAT), also know as African sleeping sickness.
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Serta Brings Sweet Dreams And Special Delivery To Deserving Women
Serta will honor two breast cancer survivors or co-survivors with a $10,000 bedroom makeover for sweet dreams.
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Obstructive sleep apnea treatment prevents heart attacks, strokes
Treatment of patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) dramatically reduces early indications of atherosclerosis in just months, linking OSA directly to the hardening or narrowing of the arteries.
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Arena Announces Positive Clinical Trial Results Of APD125 For Insomnia Treatment
Arena Pharmaceuticals announced positive preliminary results from its Phase 2 clinical trial of APD125 in patients with chronic insomnia.
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Book Offers Insight On Importance Of Sleep For Memory
Dr. Timothy J. Walter integrates different research findings on sleep and memory into the first-ever cohesive theory about the overall process.
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