News tagged with persistent insomnia
Cognitive behavior therapy appears beneficial for long-term treatment of insomnia
For patients with persistent insomnia, a combination of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and the medication zolpidem for 6 weeks was associated with improvement in sleep, although for a longer treatment period CBT alone was ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 19, 2009 |
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Daily home dialysis makes 'restless legs' better
For dialysis patients, performing daily dialysis at home can help alleviate sleep problems related to restless legs syndrome (RLS), according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American So ...
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Mar 17, 2011 |
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'White-noise' therapy not enough to curb tinnitus
Tinnitus — what many think of as “ringing in the ears” — is the perception of sound without any real acoustic stimulation. Sound masking therapy, a common component of tinnitus treatment, ...
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Dec 10, 2010 |
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UK: New guidelines to ease sleepless nights
Insomnia and other sleep disorders are very common, yet are not generally well understood by doctors and other health care professionals. Now the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) has released up-to-the-minute ...
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Questions loom over drug given to sleepless vets
(AP) -- Andrew White returned from a nine-month tour in Iraq beset with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder: insomnia, nightmares, constant restlessness. Doctors tried to ease his symptoms using three ...
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Aug 30, 2010 |
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Circadian rhythms: Their role and dysfunction in affective disorder
All humans are synchronised to the rhythmic light-dark changes that occur on a daily basis. Rhythms in physiological and biochemical processes and behavioural patterns persist in the absence of all external 24-hour signals ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 30, 2010 |
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More adults report excessive sleepiness in the US than in Europe
Excessive sleepiness is more common in the U.S. than in Europe, which raises concerns for public health and safety, according to a research abstract that will be presented Tuesday, June 8, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Poll reveals sleep differences among ethnic groups
The 2010 Sleep in America poll released today by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) reveals significant differences in the sleep habits and attitudes of Asians, Blacks/African-Americans, Hispanics and Whites. It is the first ...
Mar 08, 2010 |
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Scientists identify new approaches to treating PTSD
(PhysOrg.com) -- Drugs known as HDAC inhibitors may prove useful in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a study conducted by faculty at The University of Texas at Austin's Waggoner ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Low-income urban mothers have high rate of postpartum depression
More than half of low-income urban mothers met the criteria for a diagnosis of depression at some point between two weeks and 14 months after giving birth, according to a study led by University of Rochester Medical Center ...
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Feb 18, 2010 |
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Sleep and Cancer: Uncomfortable Bedfellows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Newly-diagnosed cancer patients face a number of life-long challenges, but a new study from the Duke Clinical Research Institute suggests that a lack of sleep may be one of the most persistent and disruptive. ...
Dec 15, 2009 |
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