News tagged with sleep medicine
Related topics: sleep , sleep apnea
Women's study finds longevity means getting just enough sleep
A new study, derived from novel sleep research conducted by University of California, San Diego researchers 14 years earlier, suggests that the secret to a long life may come with just enough sleep. Less than five hours a ...
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Experiments test if implant can block sleep apnea
(AP) -- Loud snoring may do more than irritate your spouse: It can signal sleep apnea, depriving you of enough zzzz's to trigger a car crash, even a heart attack. Now scientists are beginning to test if an ...
Medicine & Health / Sleep apnea
Dec 27, 2010 |
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Uncovering the neurobiological basis of general anesthesia
The use of general anesthesia is a routine part of surgical operations at hospitals and medical facilities around the world, but the precise biological mechanisms that underlie anesthetic drugs' effects on the brain and the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 30, 2010 |
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Brain rhythm predicts real-time sleep stability, may lead to more precise sleep medications
A new study finds that a brain rhythm considered the hallmark of wakefulness not only persists inconspicuously during sleep but also signifies an individual's vulnerability to disturbance by the outside world. In their report ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Brain rhythm predicts ability to sleep through a noisy night
People who have trouble sleeping in noisy environments often resort to strategies like earplugs or noise-cancelling headphones that muffle the sound, but a new study from investigators at Massachusetts General ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 09, 2010 |
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Stop counting sheep (and hitting snooze)
WAKE UP
If you're lucky, you're still sleeping when it's "time to make the doughnuts."
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Sleep loss limits fat loss
Cutting back on sleep reduces the benefits of dieting, according to a study published October 5, 2010, in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Oct 04, 2010 |
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To sleep or not to sleep? Math software to help plan astronaut, shift worker schedules
(April 14, 2010) - Shifting work schedules can wreak havoc on a person's ability to get enough sleep, resulting in poor performance on the job.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2010 |
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Severe breathing disorders during sleep are associated with an increased risk of dying
Severe breathing disorders during sleep are associated with an increased risk of dying from any cause according to research published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. The study finds that the increased risk o ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Apnea may be cause for awakening and voiding for those with enlarged prostates
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have shown that a significant number of patients with benign prostate enlargement (BPE) may have Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), which may be the reason for their night ...
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Java and nighttime jobs don't mix: study
Night-shift workers should avoid drinking coffee if they wish to improve their sleep, according to research published in the journal Sleep Medicine. A new study led by Julie Carrier, a Université de Montréal psycho ...
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Wives of deployed soldiers suffer more depression, sleep disorders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wives of soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to be diagnosed with depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and other mental health conditions than women whose husbands are not deployed, ...
Jan 14, 2010 |
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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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The association between sleep disturbances and reduced quality of life varies by race
A study in the April 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that having a sleep disturbance is associated with clinically meaningful reductions in health-related quality of life, and the magnitude of thi ...
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Less costly, more accessible and as effective: Simplified treatment for sleep apnea
Diagnosing and treating obstructive sleep apnea may soon become much less expensive and arduous, thanks to new research showing that a simplified program using experienced nurses, home ambulatory diagnosis and auto-titrating ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 06, 2009 |
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