Nitric Oxide Levels In Brain Indicate Sleep
...rsity of Helsinki, first showed that when cats are awake for prolonged periods, a compound called adenosine...rate. Studying mildly sleep-deprived rats – kept awake for an extra three hours – they found that nitric oxide production in the basal forebrain, but not i...Daytime Naps can Improve Memory
...etter on the memory test than those who had stayed awake all afternoon. In fact, the nappers remembered 15 percent more word pairs, the news report said quoting New Scientist. Source-IANS...Common Cold All Too Easy To Catch
...hibiting symptoms of rhinovirus infection remained awake in a hotel room for at least five hours prior to sleeping overnight, followed by at least two hours of activity in the room before a morning checkout. All were asked to perform normal activities. Participants received food via room service and no oth...Hotel Guests Often Leave Their Cold Behind
... people with colds were recruited to spend 5 hours awake in hotel rooms before going to bed and 2 awake hours in their rooms the next morning. The volunteers had no visitors and were asked to wash their h...Awake Surgery to treat Brain tumours
The need for more awake surgery was made at a major conference on brain tu...rding to the Irish Cancer Society, in spite of the awake surgery being time-consuming and expensive, it has higher rate of success and any damge to the delic...A Bad Swirl for the Good Old Whiff–Coffee
... safe. Young people taking caffeine either to stay awake or for a feeling of euphoria may actually end up in the emergency department more often than we think. Young people being hospitalized for chest pain and heart palpitations are rarely asked if they’ve taken caffeine supplements because everyone perce...Choice of Anesthesia in C-section
...s largely the preference of the woman -- to remain awake during the birth of her child or not -- as well as...her baby. During regional anesthesia, the woman is awake during the procedure but is numbed in the area where the C-section is performed. During spinal and...Alcohol Dependence For Sleep Perceptions May Result In Alcoholism
...asleep as they thought it did, and their brain was awake for a large portion of the night. On average, the participants that were less accurate about how they were sleeping were more likely to return to drinking." "In other words," added Timothy A. Roehrs, director of research at the Sleep Disorders and...Alcohol Consumption Could Lead to Disturbed Sleep
...asleep as they thought it did, and their brain was awake for a large portion of the night, the study said. It is published in the December issue of journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. Poor sleep quality can lead to mood disturbances. "If recovering alcoholics are irritable because they...More Americans Affected by Sleeplessness
If visions of dancing sugarplums are keeping you awake nights, you’re not alone.// According to the National Sleep Foundation some 40 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders that can affect their physical and mental health. Add the stress of the holidays and the lists of things you have to do, and ...New Tool Being Tested to Halt Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation
...he lab with balloon catheters while the patient is awake but sedated. Electrophysiologists use ablation procedures (involving intense heat on the area of the heart causing the rhythmic pumping problems) to turn pulmonary vein tissue into scar tissue so that it can no longer conduct electricity. When this...A Novel Technique Nudges Genes Into Activity
...rapeutics// for conditions in which nudging a gene awake would help alleviate disease. This gene-activating method provides researchers with a novel research tool to investigate the role that genes play in human health. In a paper appearing online at Nature Chemical Biology and in an upcoming edition of...Latest Research on Insomnia/Narcolepsy
...hronic disorder by which people are unable to stay awake during waking hours.// The first phase of the tr...n is blocked in the persons; they are able to stay awake during the day as they are getting better rest at night. The National Institute of Health reported...Take Fatigue Seriously - Says Researcher
... sudden loss of energy, difficulty both in staying awake and in sleeping and complete social withdrawal. “It is important to recognize the difference between tiredness and fatigue, because fatigue is a marker that the body is not able to keep up,” says Olson. “The onset of the manifestations of fatigue, ......is results in sleepiness when a person needs to be awake and wakefulness during sleep time. Such malfunctioning of the biological clock brings about irregularity of sleeping and feeding patterns besides giving rise to a series of other physical and psychological challenges. However research has promoted ...Doctors Not Drowsy When Treating Women's Sleep Issues
... their owners, yet they can also keep their owners awake when they are allowed to sleep on the bed or in the bedroom,” said Dr. Atwood. “If you are awakened by your pet on a regular basis, having a pet in the bedroom becomes counterproductive. When this happens, we recommend removing the pet from the bedro...Doctors Not Drowsy When Treating Women’s Sleep Issue
... their owners, yet they can also keep their owners awake when they are allowed to sleep on the bed or in the bedroom,” said Dr. Atwood. “If you are awakened by your pet on a regular basis, having a pet in the bedroom becomes counterproductive. When this happens, we recommend removing the pet from the bedro...Neck Pain Treatment Safer Without Significant Risk of Paralysis
...n in the spine, reducing pain. The patient is kept awake to enable communication with the physician, but the skin is numbed. After a brief observation period, the patient is released the same day. Patients receive between one and three injection treatments with approximately three to four weeks between the...Sleep Deprivation Could Affect Psychologically too
...of what was morally acceptable after they had been awake for two days. The US military currently is investigating how little sleep soldiers can make do with. Also experiments are on to see whether drugs can help soldiers stay alert for longer without sleep. Not just soldiers, even medical professiona...FDA Requests Label Change for All Sleep Disorder Drug Products
...leep driving is defined as driving while not fully awake after ingestion of a sedative-hypnotic product, with no memory of the event. "There are a number of prescription sleep aids available that are well-tolerated and effective for many people," said Steven Galson, M.D., MPH, director of FDA’s Center fo...