News tagged with sleep medication
Intelligent bed on the way to the marketplace
At the end of May 2011, two "business angels" and a banking institute invested one million Swiss francs in Michael Sauter's company "compliant concept". The successful end to this first round of financing ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Evidence of medical complicity in torture at Guantanamo Bay
Inspection of medical records, case files, and legal affidavits provides compelling evidence that medical personnel who treated detainees at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) failed to inquire and/or document causes of physical injuries ...
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Bursting to get your appendix removed? Hold on
A small but growing body of evidence suggests that doctors need not rush to perform appendectomies, the most common emergency general surgical procedure in the United States.
Apr 11, 2011 |
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The better off sleep better
Analysis of the early data from Understanding Society based on 14,000 UK households found that overall the best sleep was reported by people with higher levels of education and by married people. The type of work a person ...
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Hit and myths: Festive tips analysed by science
Researchers have taken the scalpel of science to three urban myths in time for the party season, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) reports on Wednesday:
Dec 15, 2010 |
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The key to being attractive (and looking healthy)? A good night's sleep
If you want to look attractive and healthy, the best thing you can do is get a good night's sleep, finds research in the Christmas issue published in the British Medical Journal today.
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Our children aren't sleeping and we're medicating them
A new survey of child psychiatrists indicates that insomnia is a major problem among children in mental health treatment and at least a quarter of these patients are given sleep medication. The results of ...
Jul 26, 2010 |
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When does obesity become a child protection issue?
Childhood obesity alone is not a child protection concern, nor is failure to control weight. But consistent failure to change lifestyle and engage with outside support indicates neglect, particularly in younger children, ...
Jul 16, 2010 |
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The cost of medicalizing human conditions
Menopause. Normal pregnancy. Infertility. ADHD. Erectile dysfunction. Over the last several decades, these conditions have come to be defined and treated as medical problems. They've been "medicalized." In the first study ...
May 17, 2010 |
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Institute of Medicine recommends stricter resident duty hour regulations to prevent medical errors
At the request of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce as part of an investigation into preventable medical errors, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has issued a report recommending further restrictions regarding duty ...
Jan 04, 2010 |
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Weight loss reduces sleep problems in obese men
Weight loss reduces obstructive sleep apnoea in obese men, with the greatest effect seen in patients with severe disease, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal today.
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Motor vehicle crashes more common among young drivers who engage in self-harm behaviors
Drivers who engaged in self-harm were at increased risk of motor vehicle crashes, even after controlling for psychological distress and substance abuse, found a study of 18 871 Australian drivers published in CMAJ (Canadian Me ...
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Working overnights by physicians not linked to significantly increased risk of complications
Attending surgeons and obstetricians/gynecologists who worked nighttime hours did not have a significantly greater rate of complications for procedures performed the next day, but having less than six hours of opportunity ...
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Study shows that elderly women sleep better than they think, men sleep worse
A study in the Oct.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that elderly women sleep better than elderly men even though women consistently report that their sleep is shorter and poorer.
Oct 01, 2009 |
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The herbal remedy: Teens use cannabis for relief, not recreation
When legal therapies let them down, some teens turn to cannabis. A new study, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Substance Abuse, Treatment, Prevention and Policy suggests that around a third of teens who sm ...
Apr 22, 2009 |
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