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Starting High School One Hour Later May Reduce Teen Traffic Accidents

admin — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:31:33 +0000

With a one-hour delay of school start times, teens increased their average nightly hours of sleep and decreased their “catch-up sleep” on the weekends, and they were involved in fewer auto accidents.

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Inflammation May Be Link Between Extreme Sleep Durations And Poor Health

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:41:18 +0000

Sleep duration is associated with changes in the levels of specific cytokines that are important in regulating inflammation. The results suggest that inflammation may be the pathway linking extreme sleep durations to an increased risk for disease.

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Use Of Antidepressants Associated With Improvement In Symptoms Of Fibromyalgia

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:01:49 +0000

The use of antidepressant medications by patients with fibromyalgia syndrome is associated with a reduction in pain, sleep disturbances and depressed mood and improvement of health-related quality of life, according to an analysis of previous studies.

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Video Imaging Provides Dynamic View Of Airway Obstruction In Those With Sleep Breathing Disorder

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:37:03 +0000

A video imaging technique demonstrates that the soft palate, the tissue at the back of the roof of the mouth, is more elongated and angled in patients with obstructive sleep apnea both when they sleep and when they are awake, according to a new report.

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What Happens When We Sleep

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:40:58 +0000

Lack of sleep is a common complaint but for many, falling asleep involuntarily during the day poses a very real and dangerous problem. A new study demonstrates interestingly, that sleep-wake states are regulated by two different types of nerve cells (neurons), melanin-concentrating hormone neurons and orexin neurons, which occupy the same region of the brain but perform opposite functions.

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When It Comes To Sleep Research, Fruit Flies And People Make Unlikely Bedfellows

admin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:54:49 +0000

You may never hear fruit flies snore, but rest assured that when you’re asleep, they are too. Scientists have shown that sleep/wake cycles of fruit flies and vertebrates are regulated by some of the same “cellular machinery” as humans. This is significant because the sleep-regulating enzyme that was analyzed is one of only a few possible drug targets for circadian problems.

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What Is The Connection Between Sleep Apnea, Stroke And Death?

admin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:57:08 +0000

Obstructive sleep apnea decreases blood flow to the brain, elevates blood pressure within the brain and eventually harms the brain’s ability to modulate these changes and prevent damage to itself. The findings may help explain why people with sleep apnea are more likely to suffer strokes and to die in their sleep.

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Ways To Minimize Tinnitus — Troublesome Noises In The Ears

admin — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:49:54 +0000

Ringing, whining, whistling, hissing or whooshing. Any of those sounds in one or both ears when there is no external noise present could be a sign of tinnitus.

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Societal, Economic Burden Of Insomnia Is High

admin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:18:11 +0000

The indirect costs of untreated insomnia are significantly greater than the direct costs associated with its treatment. The study estimates that the total annual cost of insomnia in the province of Quebec is 6.5 billion Canadian dollars, representing about one percent of the province’s $228.5 billion in gross domestic product for 2002. The largest proportions of all insomnia-related expenses are attributed to lost job productivity, absences from work and alcohol used as a sleep aid.

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Getting Less Sleep Associated With Lower Resistance To Colds

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:52:04 +0000

Individuals who get less than seven hours of sleep per night appear about three times as likely to develop respiratory illness following exposure to a cold virus as those who sleep eight hours or more, according to a new report.

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