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Memory Problem in Older Women Lead to Restless Nights

...ely as women without memory problems to experience sleep disturbances. For women who declined on either c... being awake for more than 90 minutes during their sleep cycle, said study author Kristine Yaffe, MD, with the University of California, San Francisco, and m...

Reason Behind Sleepy Feeling During Sickness Found

...etimes reports severe lethargy while patients with sleep disorder, sleep apnoea sometimes report less daytime sleepiness after taking a drug that hinders TNF-alpha activity....

Young Babies at Risk of 'sudden Death' Syndrome While Seated: Study

...recommended that parents not let very young babies sleep unattended in standard car safety seats. They examined the cases of 43 local babies who had turned "blue" from lack of oxygen and had needed medical attention. Nine of these infants had been restrained in a car safety seat that was suitable for t...

Gene Linked With Restless Leg Syndrome Spotted Out

... to Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS), which is a common sleep disorder that affects millions of people worldwide...the legs and is also a major cause of insomnia and sleep disturbance. We now have concrete evidence that RLS is an authentic disorder with recognizable feat...

Male Casting Couch in Bollywood?

...n actress that she may have to compromise (meaning sleep with him) since the project was worth crores. Now, even male actors are subjected to similar overtures, Khan said. Veteran film publicist Rajoo Kariya says, One out of every five aspirants is a victim of the male casting couch. Not just freshers, e...

Kelly Clarksons Hits are Making Her an Insomniac

...ol winner admitted that she is struggling with the sleep disorder, because her songs keep her awake at night. The 25-year-old singer said that most of her lyrics and hits strike her when she's trying to get to some sleep. Clarkson added that she has to write them down or record them on the spot, which ...

Sleep in Mary, Queen of Scots Bed for 7,500 Pounds a Night!

You can now sleep in a bed in which Mary, Queen of Scots once slept,...vailable to hire. Guests in its 11 bedrooms will sleep on the finest Egyptian cotton, dine in baronial splendour and have their every wish tended to by a p...

Older Women With Memory Problems at Increased Risk for Restless Nights

...ely as women without memory problems to experience sleep disturbances. For women who declined on either c... being awake for more than 90 minutes during their sleep cycle, said study author Kristine Yaffe, MD, with the University of California, San Francisco, and m...

Policemen Could Face Sleep Disorder

...ong and hectic duties policemen could face chronic sleep disorder, shows a study of over four thousand poli...g needs to stay in good health. Without sufficient sleep one can get several health related complications. Sleep disorders are common, costly and treatable...

Europe's Last Dancing Bears Sheltered After Years of Abuse

...and Mima will probably also get their first winter sleep after a couple of years in the park. But they will never be able to live outside this artificial habitat as their natural instincts have long been suppressed by captivity....

Jessica Alba Prefers One-night Stands!

...e doesn't think that one-night stands or women who sleep around are amoral. She also admits that she has indulged in several one-night trysts. "I just wanted to see what it was like to be with different people. I don't think a girl's a sl*t if she enjoys sex," Hollywoodrag.com quoted her, as telling the ...

Special Backpacks Provide Much Needed Relief for Cancer Patients

.... "So I wear my backpack during the day and when I sleep I put it on the bedside next to me. "In the circumstances, it is the nearest that I can get to a normal life. "It has enabled me to have a lot of freedom and when I have the energy I have been able to go to the shops and buy myself a newspaper." ...

Advanced Cancer Patients Have Sleep Disorders

...ts with advanced-stage cancer experience very poor sleep quality and often have troubling staying awake, sa...dy provides the first comprehensive description of sleep and wake patterns of cancer patients using continuous polysomnography (PSG) data, deemed the gold st...

US Concerned About Mental Health of Diplomats in Iraq, Afghanistan

...ience frequent incoming fire in the Green Zone and sleep in vulnerable aluminum trailers," Kashkett said, while diplomats working in other parts of Iraq often live with the US military "in combat areas and work entirely in a 'red zone' environment. "Not surprisingly, some of our members who have returne...

Individual Differences in Sleep Structure are Biologically Determined

...les sleep. Some are light sleepers, whereas others sleep deeply. Some fall asleep right away, while others ...st study to reveal that substantial differences in sleep patterns exist even among healthy adults who are good sleepers, said Van Dongen, who emphasized that...

Male Circumcision Overstated as Deterrent to Global AIDS Pandemic

...percent. If these infected prostitutes in Africa sleep with five men in a week that means they are subjecting 35 percent of the country's male population to the virus weekly. The virus is not easy to transmit heterosexually, b ut over time with multiple exposures, infection is inevitable. These men then ...

Risk of SIDS Reduced by the Use of Baby Dummies: Research

...drome was halved when parents send their babies to sleep with a dummy, or pacifier, according to the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID), the UK's leading Cot Death charity. The use of dummies "generates strong feelings, both for and against, based mainly on cultural and family tradition and ...

Common Antidepressants Linked to Increased Bone Loss in Older Adults

...ansports serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in sleep and depression, according to background information in the articles, and which has recently been discovered in bone as well. The findings raise the possibility that SSRIs, which are often prescribed to the elderly, may affect bone density and the r...

Antidepressents may Lower Bone Density in Older People

...ansports serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in sleep and depression. This protein has recently been discovered in bone as well, raising the possibility that SSRIs may affect bone density and the risk of fracture. SSRIs account for about 62 percent of antidepressant prescriptions in the United States,...

Naps in the Afternoon may Harm Your Kids

...dy. "It could be that children are getting less sleep at night because they are napping, or they could be napping because they're getting less sleep at night," he said....

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