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Health of Mothers and Children Show Improvement after Use of Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets

...ampaigns and outreach programs. Yartey said that sleeping under an insecticide-treated net offers direct protection to a woman, along with her husband and any children who share her bed. These nets also offer indirect protection to others in the household and community by reducing the overall population of ...

Fear Of Flat head Syndrome Makes Parents Ignore Advice About Cot Death

...ing increase in the 'dangerous practice' of babies sleeping on their front or side. Researchers believe that t...taken to remind parents they must not abandon back sleeping for babies. She said that parents might be able to avoid or minimise the effects of flat head syndr...

Post Partum Blues Often Treated with Drugs

...ness, feeling lonely lack of interest in your baby sleeping problems and tension headaches. The survey also revealed that over two thirds of mothers with depression waited a month or more for any form of treatment. Besides this it was found that about one in 10 had to wait over a year. It was found that e...

Sleeping pill wakes up comatose patient

...or over 3 years woke up after being administered a sleeping pill, given to assuage a spell of restlessness//. ...ugh clinical testing. Zolpidem, the name of this sleeping pill, will be clinically tested on 30 patients during the course of this year, to check out its pote...

Sensing Devices to Measure Sleep In the Pipeline

...e, eye and muscle movements during your waking and sleeping hours. The data will be collected and transferred to a local area network and then sent to the hospital for analysis. The main advantage of this device is that they can be used for safe monitoring and early warning of people while driving or supervis...

TV Viewing Might Increase The Risk Of Sleeping Difficulties In Children’

...n Finland to show the increased risk of developing sleeping difficulties in 5-6 year old children after watchi... also showed that passive exposure to TV increases sleeping difficulties. They based their survey on questionnaires that were concerned about TV viewing, sleep ...

Stop Smoking, Your Body Will Thank You It

...ision to quit, withdrawal symptoms like trouble in sleeping and concentrating, pounding headaches, dizziness, irritation, increased appetite and restlessness kick in. So rather than go through all this trouble, it is easier to give in or so the smoker feels. 'Tobacco smoke contains some 3,600 chemicals in i...

Less Sleep Could Pose Health Risks

...eep specialists an increasing number of people are sleeping less than 5-6 hours a night, which could make them...n 30 per cent suffered from insomnia or some other sleeping disorder. People slept an average of 3 to 7 hours during the week and 5 to 7 hours on the weekend....

Site of Sleep Regulation Identified in Fruit Flies

...ting patterns," explains Sehgal. "Like humans, the sleeping states of fruit flies are characterized by periods...us regions of the brain and examine the subsequent sleeping patterns in the fruit flies. "Sleeping fruit flies" were defined as those that remained immobile for...

Good Sleep Habits Could Reduce the Intensity of Migraines

...y're having chronic migraines because they are not sleeping well." While headache specialists point to medication overuse as a factor in headaches becoming more chronic, "we feel there may be other important factors involved in the transformation process", says Calhoun. "Sleep problems may be one of these m...

This is no yarn …Talk your way to beauty sleep

...f even to time-tested insomniacs, much better than sleeping pills. Essentially, CBT endeavors to alter certain...hs after the treatment. There was no change in the sleeping pattern of sufferers who took the pill or placebo, who were awake in bed in just the same way as the...

Antihistamine Proved Ineffective in Making Kids to Sleep

...t. Only 1 out of 22 children showed improvement in sleeping after using diphenhydramine compared to 3 in 22 children who used a placebo. The drug, an antihistamine, is available over-the-counter in generic forms or as the name-brand drug, Benadryl?. Because of diphenhydramine's obvious lack of effectiveness...

The sleep race: White, wealthy, and sleep-wise

...ool’s professor of health studies said 'People are sleeping less than they think they are -- and less than mos...nk is needed.’ Lauderdale and her team studied the sleeping pattern of 669 adults aged between 38 and 50 years old. The study revealed an overall sleep rate of...

Sleep in' dirty – Unwashed duvets become a hotbed for mite

...lds revealed that two in five Britons confessed to sleeping on duvets unwashed for 6 months. The dust mites and filth are potential health hazards that can trigger a host of illnesses - asthma, rhinitis and conjunctivitis. They could also worsen prevailing incidence of eczema....

Officer of Anti-Submarine Squadron Quarantined With Tuberculosis

...has said that all Sailors and civilians who shared sleeping quarters with the infected sailor are being tested for exposure to the contagious disease, and a decision on whether any additional testing is required will be taken based on the results of the tests. The sailor who was initially placed in the iso...

Help Near At Hand For Elderly With Disturbed Sleep

...ans say that many older adults who find difficulty sleeping and who have philosophically accepted that their problem has no// solution need not fret any longer. "Sleep requirements and patterns change throughout life, but sleep problems in the elderly are not a normal part of aging," says Julie Gammack, M.D...

Minimally Invasive Procedure Restores Sagging Facial Skin without Heavy Lifting

...ggerated facial expressions and to be careful when sleeping to minimize the risk of pulling on the threads for about a week. Most patients can resume normal activities within a couple of days. As with any surgical procedure, there can be side effects. They include bruising and swelling that can last for a w...

Sleep Apnea Doubles Stroke Risk In Elderly

...ein the breathing stops or gets very shallow while sleeping and enough air cannot flow into your lungs through...have family history the disease. Excessive daytime sleeping is very common feature in sleep apnea. Treatment for sleep apnea includes behavioral changes suc...

New Screening System For Early Detection Of Dental Caries in Toddlers

... exposure to sweetened juices, as seen in toddlers sleeping with a bottle, that results in extensive tooth decay. The condition is often overlooked by parents until the child complains of severe pain, and by the time interventions are sought, the condition would have progressed to the extent that the only op...

Why is sleeping on your child's snores, a bad idea?

Snoring is a symptom of sleeping disorder, called Apnea, which could lead to learning and behavioral difficulties. New research on sleeping disorders in children has// indicated that in certain cases it could lead to irreversible brain dama...

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