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sleep-sleep_disorders
 9/9/2010 First NY Professional Sleep Medicine Conference To Be Held In Albany, NY Oct. 1-2, 2010
The New York State Society of Sleep Medicine (NYSSSM) will hold its first annual meeting and sleep conference, featuring speakers who are nationally recognized experts in clinical sleep medicine, on October 1-2, 2010 in Albany, NY...
9/9/2010 Local Efforts Seek To Reduce Childhood Obesity; Sleep-Deprived Kids Most Vulnerable
NPR: "[A] new study finds that even for infants and preschoolers, a good, long night's sleep may be just as important as diet and physical activity. Over the past three decades, obesity rates have doubled among children age 2 to 5, and tripled among 6- to 11-year-olds...
9/9/2010 Short Sleepers At Higher Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes And Heart Disease
People who sleep less than six hours a night may be three times more likely to develop a condition which leads to diabetes and heart disease, according to researchers at the University of Warwick...
9/9/2010 Infants And Young Children Who Don't Sleep Enough At Night Have Higher Risk Of Obesity Later On
Young children and infants who do not get enough nighttime sleep have a significantly higher risk of becoming obese later on in life - napping does not reduce the obesity risk significantly, reports a study published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA/Archives journal. Over the last 20 years obesity rates in the USA and many other countries has increased dramatically...
9/9/2010 Reports Of Narcolepsy In Europe Following Vaccination With Pandemrix™
GSK initially became aware of possible cases of narcolepsy following vaccination with the adjuvanted H1N1 pandemic vaccine Pandemrix through adverse event reports received by the Swedish Medical Products Agency, and subsequently via media reports in Finland...
9/9/2010 Easing Sleepless Nights: New Guidelines
Insomnia and other sleep disorders are very common, yet are not generally well understood by doctors and other health care professionals. Now the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) has released up-to-the-minute guidelines in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, published by SAGE, to guide psychiatrists and physicians caring for those with sleep problems...
9/9/2010 Teens Who Sleep Less Eat More Fatty Foods And Snacks
A study in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that teens who slept less than eight hours per weeknight ate higher proportions of fatty foods and snacks than adolescents who slept eight hours or more. The results suggest that short sleep duration may increase obesity risk by causing small changes in eating patterns that cumulatively alter energy balance, especially in girls...
9/9/2010 Short Sleep And Chronic Insomnia Linked To Four-Fold Risk Of Early Death In Men
US researchers found that short sleep and insomnia was linked to a four times higher risk of early death in men; they urged public health policy makers to emphasize earlier diagnosis and treament of chronic insomnia...
9/9/2010 Chronic Insomnia With Objectively Measured Short Sleep Duration Is Associated With Increased Mortality In Men
A study in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP found an elevated risk of death in men with a complaint of chronic insomnia and an objectively measured short sleep duration. The results suggest that public health policy should emphasize the diagnosis and appropriate treatment of chronic insomnia...
9/9/2010 Less Than 5 Hours Sleep Linked To Higher Mental Illness Risk
Young healthy adults aged between 17 and 24 years who get less than an average of 5 hours' sleep each night have three times the risk of developing a mental illness compared to individuals of the same age who sleep eight to nine hours every night, according to a study carried out by the George Institute on Global Health, published in the medical journal Sleep...
9/9/2010 Covidien Completes Sale Of Sleep Therapy Product Line
Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that it has completed the previously announced sale of its Sleep Therapy continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and Bi-level products to PH Invest, a privately held company located in Luxembourg. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed...
9/9/2010 Being Hungry May Provide A Way To Stay Awake Without Feeling Groggy Or Mentally Challenged
As anyone who has ever struggled to keep his or her eyes open after a big meal knows, eating can induce sleepiness. New research in fruit flies suggests that, conversely, being hungry may provide a way to stay awake without feeling groggy or mentally challenged. Scientists at Washington University in St...
9/9/2010 Circadian Rhythms: Their Role And Dysfunction In Affective Disorder
All humans are synchronised to the rhythmic light-dark changes that occur on a daily basis. Rhythms in physiological and biochemical processes and behavioural patterns persist in the absence of all external 24-hour signals from the physical environment, with a period that is close to 24 hours...
9/9/2010 'Neural Inertia' May Explain The Brain's Resistance To Changes In Consciousness
Despite the fact that an estimated 25 million patients per year in the U.S. undergo surgeries using general anesthesia, scientists have only been able to hypothesize exactly how anesthetics interact with the central nervous system. They previously thought that the processes of "going under" and waking up from anesthesia affected the brain in the same way...
9/9/2010 European Medicines Agency Starts Review Of Pandemrix
The European Medicines Agency has launched a review of Pandemrix on the request of the European Commission to investigate whether there is a link between cases of narcolepsy and vaccination with Pandemrix. A limited number of cases was reported, all collected through spontaneous reporting systems, mainly in Sweden and Finland...
9/9/2010 Vanda Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase III Clinical Study Aimed At Resetting The Body Clock
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: VNDA), announced it has initiated a Phase III clinical trial to evaluate tasimelteon in patients with Non-24-Hour Sleep Wake Disorder (N24HSWD), a condition experienced primarily by totally blind individuals that results in abnormal night sleep patterns and chronic daytime sleepiness...
9/9/2010 Disruption Of Circadian Rhythms By Chronic Drinking
Circadian rhythmicity is regulated by circadian clock genes, and animal studies have shown that chronic drinking can alter expressions in these genes...
9/9/2010 National CFIDS Foundation (NCF) Announces Link Between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And Low Level Radiation Exposure
The National CFIDS Foundation Inc., of Needham Mass, has announced its formal disease model for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) also known as Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) as well as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). According to the NCF, a subgroup of patients with CFS fit a unique disease profile based on a model for a radioactive toxin...
9/9/2010 Study, Presence Of Murine Leukemia Virus Related Gene Sequences Found In CFS Patients
Researchers have found murine leukemia viruses (MLV) related gene sequences in blood samples collected from patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and some healthy blood donors, according to a study published online by the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Investigators from the U.S...
9/9/2010 Body Clock Drugs Could Ease Psychiatric Disorders And Jet Lag
Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) have successfully used a drug to reset and restart the natural 24 hour body clock of mice in the lab...
9/9/2010 Decline In Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Contributed To Overall Decline In Infant Mortality In New Jersey
The rate of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), a leading cause of infant mortality, declined in New Jersey by 45 percent between 2000 and 2006, the most recent year for which final SIDS data are available, report Barbara M...
9/9/2010 Helping People Get Their Z's: Comprehensive Sleep Center Opens At NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
A sound and restful sleep is fundamental to our health and well-being. Yet for millions of Americans, sleep is regularly interrupted or insufficient...
9/9/2010 Prevalence Of Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders Linked To Increases In Obesity, Australia
The worsening severity in sleep-disordered breathing is primarily attributable to increases in obesity, according to a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia...
9/9/2010 The Latest Findings On Improving The Mind, Stopping Memory Loss
The ability to remember is not just to glimpse into the past; a sharp memory can help with creativity, productivity and even the ability to imagine the future, according to several psychologists. Sleep, aging and brain chemistry research were all discussed during several presentations on memory at the 118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association...
9/9/2010 Ensuring A Good Night's Sleep For Our Children Means Fixing Technical Problems
Getting a good night's sleep often comes down to technique. Avoiding late-night technology use and keeping a regular sleep schedule are two important techniques to heed as kids head back to school. Recent studies found that adolescents used multiple forms of technology late into the night, including gaming systems, cell phones, and computers...
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