News tagged with sleepiness
Chimpanzees' contagious yawning evidence of empathy, not just sleepiness, study shows
Contagious yawning is not just a marker of sleepiness or boredom. For chimpanzees, it may actually be a sign of a social connection between individuals.
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Hypothermia: Staying Safe in Cold Weather
(PhysOrg.com) -- Frigid weather can pose special risks to older adults. The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, has some advice for helping older people avoid hypothermia -- when ...
Jan 15, 2010 |
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Why mixing alcohol and caffeine is so deadly
Americans love their caffeine - in coffee, colas and now in their alcohol.
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Nocturnal alertness improves after exposure to milliseconds of bright light flashes
Exposure to extraordinarily brief, millisecond flashes of bright light improves alertness at night, according to a research abstract that will be presented Monday, June 7, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 07, 2010 |
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Daytime sleepiness provides red flag for cardiovascular disease
Clinicians should be alert to patients reporting "excessive" day time sleepiness (EDS), says the European Society of Cardiology, after a French study found healthy elderly people who regularly report feeling sleepy during ...
Feb 26, 2009 |
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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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Sleep apnea patients using oral appliance therapy show high efficacy and compliance
According to new research that will be presented on Saturday, June 5, at the 19th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, between 31 and 53 months after beginning oral appliance therapy, the sleep ...
Medicine & Health / Sleep apnea
Jun 05, 2010 |
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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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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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Excessive gaming associated with poor sleep hygiene and increased sleepiness
Computer/console gamers who play for more than seven hours a week and who identify their gaming as an addiction sleep less during the weekdays and experience greater sleepiness than casual or non-gamers, according ...
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Computer Science Provides a More Sound Way to Test for Sleep Apnea
(PhysOrg.com) -- A computer scientist from the University of Houston and a doctor of sleep medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have teamed up to create a new, less invasive ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Snoring sounds may hold the key to a good night's sleep
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hours of analysing snoring sounds have paid off for a group of researchers from The University of Queensland and Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Sleep changes predict the onset of physical changes associated with puberty
A study in the Dec.1 issue of the journal Sleep suggests that changes in children's sleep patterns that typically occur between the ages of 11 and 12 years are evident before the physical changes associated with the onset ...
Dec 01, 2009 |
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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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Using amphetamines may increase risk of Parkinson's disease
New research shows people who have used amphetamines such as benzedrine and dexedrine appear to be at an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a study released today that will be presented at the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 20, 2011 |
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