Archive for the 'Sleep Disorders' Category
NxStage Announces New FREEDOM Data Showing The Positive Impact Of Its Daily Home Hemodialysis Therapy On Sleep Quality And Restless Legs Syndrome
Booths # 23-25 at the Annual Dialysis Conference — NxStage Medical, Inc…Original post by Six Until Me.
No commentsSleep Differences Among Ethnic Groups Revealed By Poll
The 2010 Sleep in America poll released by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) reveals significant differences in the sleep habits and attitudes of Asians, Blacks/African-Americans, Hispanics and Whites. It is the first poll to examine sleep among these four ethnic groups…Original post by Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog
No commentsChildren With Insomnia May Have Impaired Heart Rate Variability
Children with insomnia and shorter sleep duration had impaired modulation of heart rhythm during sleep, Pennsylvania researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s 50th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. In a study of young children, researchers showed that insomnia symptoms were consistently associated with impaired heart variability measures…Original post by Dental Heroes
No commentsBurning The Midnight Oil: Sleep Issues Plague The Night Shift
With pressure from the tough economy to bring in extra dollars, more people are sacrificing sleep to work night shifts or two jobs in order to make ends meet, says Raman Malhotra, M.D., assistant professor of neurology at Saint Louis University and director of the SLU Sleep Disorders Center…Original post by Diabetes Daily
No commentsNational Sleep Awareness Week (March 7-13, 2010) - Canadian Lung Association
Are you often very sleepy throughout the day? And do others tell you that you snore or have short pauses in your breathing while you sleep? Do you get a full night’s sleep most nights but still wake up tired? You may have sleep apnea, a serious breathing problem that interrupts your sleep. These breathing pauses called “apneas” can last for 10 to 30 seconds or longer…Original post by Dr John Biffa’s Blog
No commentsThe Mathematics Behind A Good Night’s Sleep
Why can’t I fall asleep? Will this new medication keep me up all night? Can I sleep off this cold? Despite decades of research, answers to these basic questions about one of our most essential bodily functions remain exceptionally difficult to answer. In fact, researchers still don’t fully understand why we even sleep at all…Original post by Diabetes Mine
No commentsNapping Boosts Brain Power
Researchers in the US found that napping boosts brain power by clearing out the brain’s temporary storage space so it can absorb new information: they also propose that this clearing out process happens during a specific stage of sleep…Original post by The Diabetes Blog
No commentsImportance Of Sleep During Early Life When The Brain Is Developing
Marcos Frank, PhD, associate professor of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, presented information on early brain development and the importance of sleep during early life when the brain is rapidly maturing and highly changeable. Building on his research that the brain during sleep is fundamentally different from the brain during wakefulness, Dr…Original post by Diabetes Mine
No commentsNaps Are An Integral Part Of Learning For Infants, Helping The Developing Brain Retain New Information
Anyone who grew up in a large family likely remembers hearing “Don’t wake the baby.” While it reinforces the message to older kids to keep it down, research shows that sleep also is an important part of how infants learn more about their new world…Original post by Diabetes Mine
No commentsGlaxoSmithKline And XenoPort Receive FDA Complete Response Letter For Horizant™ (GSK1838262/XP13512) For RLS
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) and XenoPort, Inc. (Nasdaq: XNPT) Wednesday received a Complete Response letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the New Drug Application (NDA) for Horizant™(gabapentin enacarbil) Extended-Release Tablets, an investigational non-dopaminergic treatment for moderate-to-severe primary Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)…Original post by Latest entries from www.anxietyinsights.info
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