Morning grogginess more debilitating than sleep deprivation, according to CU-Boulder study
A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows that people who awaken after eight hours of sound sleep have more impaired thinking and memory skills than they do after being deprived of sleep for more than 24 hours. The study showed test subjects had diminished short-term memory, counting skills and cognitive abilities during the groggy period upon awakening known as sleep inertia, sa...Adults who go to bed lonely get stress hormone boost next morning
A new study that takes a rare look at the physiological, social and emotional dynamics of day-to-day experiences in real-life settings shows that when older adults go to bed lonely, sad or overwhelmed, they have elevated levels of cortisol shortly after waking the next morning. Elevated levels of cortisol -- a stress hormone linked to depression, obesity and other health problems when chro...Sleep quantity affects morning testosterone levels in older men
The testosterone levels of healthy men decline as they get older. As sleep quality and quantity typically decrease with age, objectively measured differences in the amount of sleep a healthy older man gets can affect his level of testosterone in the morning, according to a study published in the April 1st issue of the journal SLEEP. The study, conducted by Plamen Penev, MD, PhD, of the Un...Inventions could fall prey to Monday morning quarterbacking
soon will decide whether to change the current long-standing patentability standard for obviousness. To be patentable, an invention must not be "obvious" in light of what was publicly known at the moment it was created by the inventor, and any change in the legal test for obviousness would p...Morning after pill effective up to five days after having unprotected sex
Canadian researchers say, that the morning after pill, which rescues many women from unwanted pregnancies can be effective up to five days after having unprotected sex. These findings were released after a study conducted by Dr. Isabel Rodrigues, a professor of family medicine at the University of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, and colleagues. The study is published in the March...Morning sickness maybe pronounced
Mothers are more likely to suffer from serious morning sickness if they are pregnant with a girl, researchers claim. A study of over a million pregnancies in Norway between 1977 and 1985 showed there was a greater risk of the condition for women who were carrying a female child. Though there were more births of boys during the period studied, there was a higher chance of mothers-to-b...Contemplating the effects of the “Morning After“ Pill
A recent study has shown that the ''morning after'' contraceptive pills work// by interfering with ovulation thereby preventing fertilization and not by preventing implantation of a fertilized egg. Reproductive physiologists demonstrated the phenomenon in a controlled clinical trial published in the December 2004 . When the pills, also known as emergency contraception (EC) were given be...Sharp Increase In Morning-After Pill Sales Among British Women
There has been a considerable increase in the over the sales counter of the morning-after pill with more women //buying it from the nearby chemist. The figure has infact doubled over the year. Alarmingly, 46 per cent of women who used it said that condom failure was the reason behind the consumption. The results of the study from the Office for National Statistics reveal that 50 per cen...Reach Of The Morning-After Pill Treatment Inadequate Among Sexual Assault Victims
Activists, medical experts and counselors have urged the Ontario Government to launch a programme to ensure provision of drug treatment// to all victims of sexual assault, who might have been exposed to the HIV/AIDS virus. // The cost associated with this drug treatment ($1,200) has resulted in a limited availability of this therapy (combination therapy using Combivir and Kaletra)....