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Topics from 12/09/2008

Sleep In The News

'Wired' Americans Wrestle With Sleepless Nights
NewsHour - 12/05/2008
We live in the age of insomnia. Sleeplessness has been around for centuries, but apparently it's getting a whole lot worse, and it was getting that way long ...
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Treating Apnea May Improve Cognition in Alzheimer's Patients
MedPage Today, NJ - 12/04/2008
4 -- Alzheimer's patients with coexisting obstructive sleep apnea may derive cognitive benefits from treatment with continuous positive airway pressure ...
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Untreated sleep apnea could be life threatening
Le Mars Daily Sentinel, IA - 12/05/2008
If you answered yes to any or all of those questions, you may be 1 of 15 million Americans that suffer from obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep apnea occurs when ...
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Melatonin-Like Drug May Cut Jet Lag
WebMD - 12/03/2008
Another melatonin-like drug, called Rozerem, is already approved by the FDA to treat insomnia. In a series of lab tests, tasimelteon capsules improved sleep ...
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Monday Medical: Treat OSA now for a better life
Steamboat Pilot, CO - 12/07/2008
More importantly, snoring often is a sign of a serious condition called obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA. Normally, air passes through the nose and past the ...
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New Sleep Science Articles from the past week

Methamphetamine self-administration by humans subjected to abrupt shift and sleep schedule changes.
Kirkpatrick MG, Haney M, Vosburg SK, Comer SD, Foltin RW, Hart CL.
Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2008 Dec 4.
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Evaluation of a portable recording device (ApneaLinktrade mark) for case selection of obstructive sleep apnea.
Chen H, Lowe AA, Bai Y, Hamilton P, Fleetham JA, Almeida FR.
Sleep Breath. 2008 Dec 4.
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Melatonin agonist tasimelteon (VEC-162) for transient insomnia after sleep-time shift: two randomised controlled multicentre trials.
Rajaratnam SM, Polymeropoulos MH, Fisher DM, Roth T, Scott C, Birznieks G, Klerman EB.
Lancet. 2008 Dec 1.
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Let there be sleep-on time.
Cardinali DP, Golombek DA.
Lancet. 2008 Dec 1.
 
Sleep curtailment is accompanied by increased intake of calories from snacks.
Nedeltcheva AV, Kilkus JM, Imperial J, Kasza K, Schoeller DA, Penev PD.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Dec 3.
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Maxi-K(+) Channel beta1 Expression in Sleep Apnea Patients and Its Modulation by CPAP Treatment.
Navarro-Antolín J, Carmona-Bernal C, Rivero-Valdenebro V, Villar J, Capote F, López-Barneo J.
Am J Hypertens. 2008 Dec 4.
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The Impact of Alcoholism on Sleep Evoked Delta Frequency Responses.
Colrain IM, Crowley KE, Nicholas CL, Padilla M, Baker FC.
Biol Psychiatry. 2008 Dec 4.
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Nitric oxide mediated recovery sleep is attenuated with aging.
Rytkönen KM, Wigren HK, Kostin A, Porkka-Heiskanen T, Kalinchuk AV.
Neurobiol Aging. 2008 Dec 4.
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Nocturnal levels of ghrelin and leptin and sleep in chronic insomnia.
Motivala SJ, Tomiyama AJ, Ziegler M, Khandrika S, Irwin MR.
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2008 Dec 5.
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Pediatric sleep apnea: Early onset of the 'syndrome'?
Spicuzza L, Leonardi S, La Rosa M.
Sleep Med Rev. 2008 Dec 4.
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A decade of hypocretin/orexin: Accomplishments in sleep medicine.
Thannickal TC.
Sleep Med Rev. 2008 Dec 5.
 
Interventions for obstructive sleep apnea in children: A systematic review.
Kuhle S, Urschitz MS, Eitner S, Poets CF.
Sleep Med Rev. 2008 Dec 5.
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Intermittent hypoxia and respiratory plasticity in animals and humans; Does exposure to intermittent hypoxia promote or mitigate sleep apnea?
Mateika J, Narwani G.
Exp Physiol. 2008 Dec 5.
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Sleep Quality and Associated Daytime Consequences in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Mermigkis C, Stagaki E, Amfilochiou A, Polychronopoulos V, Korkonikitas P, Mermigkis D, Bregou M, Kouris N, Bouros D.
Med Princ Pract. 2009;18(1):10-15. Epub 2008 Dec 4.
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Rods-cones and melanopsin detect light and dark to modulate sleep independent of image formation.
Altimus CM, Güler AD, Villa KL, McNeill DS, Legates TA, Hattar S.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Dec 5.
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Temporal coupling of rapid eye movements and cerebral activities during REM sleep.
Ogawa K, Abe T, Nittono H, Yamazaki K, Hori T.
Clin Neurophysiol. 2008 Dec 3.
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