| Is passing blood after bariatric surgery normal? |
| CNN - 01/21/2009 |
| Candidates are typically people with moderate to severe obesity and a disease related to the obesity, such as diabetes, hypertension or sleep apnea. ... |
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| FACTBOX: Obesity is top health concern in US |
| Reuters - 01/21/2009 |
| ... stroke, liver disease, gallbladder disease, sleep apnea, respiratory problems, osteoarthritis, and gynecological problems, including infertility. ... |
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| Lexapro may ease anxiety in older adults-US study |
| Reuters - 01/20/2009 |
| ... new treatment option for older adults with generalized anxiety disorder, a disabling condition that can also cause muscle tension, insomnia and fatigue. ... |
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| FEATURE-US obesity epidemic shows perils to health reform |
| Reuters - 01/21/2009 |
| In September 2007, when his weight peaked at 380 pounds (172 kg), he had gastric bypass surgery, and now his health issues -- joint pain, sleep apnea and ... |
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| Problems Tied to Obesity Also Seem to Affect Sleep |
| U.S. News & World Report, DC - 01/23/2009 |
| 23 (HealthDay News) -- Three conditions often linked to obesity have also been tied independently to sleep apnea, new studies show. ... |
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| More sleep apnea, obesity links |
| USA Today - 01/24/2009 |
| By Lucas Jackson, Reuters By Kevin McKeever, HealthDay Three conditions often linked to obesity have also been tied independently to sleep apnea, ... |
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| Sawing logs or sleep apnea? |
| The State Journal-Register, IL - 01/23/2009 |
| Maybe your snoring is more than something the family jokes about — it could be a symptom of sleep apnea, a serious medical condition. How serious? ... |
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| Insomnia patients see long-term benefits with CBT |
| SmartBrief, DC - 01/23/2009 |
| A review of insomnia interventions found nonpharmacologic treatments offer reliable and long-term improvements in sleep patterns. ... |
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| Nonpharmacologic Treatments of Chronic Insomnia Reviewed |
| Medscape - 01/22/2009 |
| January 22, 2009 — Nonpharmacologic approaches to treat chronic insomnia are reviewed for family clinicians in an article published in the January 15 issue ... |
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| Nighttime Breathing Disorder Effects Are Independent of Obesity |
| MedPage Today, NJ - 01/23/2009 |
| Explain to interested patients that sleep apnea and other sleep disordered breathing problems are often seen in conjunction with obesity. ... |
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| Trouble Falling Asleep? Misconceptions About Insomnia |
| FOX 9 News, MN - 01/21/2009 |
| In 80 percent of cases, chronic insomnia is caused by a medical condition that can be treated. But an occasional sleepless night is normal, ... |
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| Fiancee: Man found dead on couch had sleep apnea |
| Peoria Journal Star, IL - 01/21/2009 |
| A man found dead by friends Sunday morning on a couch in a North Valley apartment suffered from sleep apnea and was on various medications, his fiancee said ... |
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| Traffic stop results in drug arrest |
| Ashtabula Star-Beacon, OH - 01/23/2009 |
| Adderall is a prescription medication used in the treatment of narcolepsy and attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder. The deputy initiated a stop because ... |
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| New Hope For A Better Night Sleep |
| FOXBusiness - 01/20/2009 |
| Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder characterized by short pauses in breath during sleep. Each episode lasts long enough so that several breaths are ... |
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| Sports briefs:RLS spikers second in Creekside tourney |
| St. Helena Star, CA - 01/22/2009 |
| RLS beat Calistoga on Friday evening 3-0, followed by Healdsburg 3-0 on Saturday morning. In bracket play Saturday afternoon, the Blue Devils beat Adele ... |
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| Stiffer Antitrust Enforcement Ahead at Justice? |
| Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 01/23/2009 |
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| One Year After Heath Ledger’s Death |
| TheCelebrityCafe.com, NY - 01/22/2009 |
| The star had reportedly been troubled and suffering from insomnia after the intense experience of playing the Joker in The Dark Knight, The Age.com reports. ... |
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| Medical Edge: Losing weight best way to treat sleep apnea |
| Post-Bulletin, MN - 01/19/2009 |
| DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I was recently told by my doctor that I have sleep apnea. He said losing weight was my best bet. What does one have to do with the other? ... |
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| Students' sleeping aid use on the rise |
| Oregon Daily Emerald, OR - 01/23/2009 |
| The study points to insomnia, which is usually associated with older adults, as the leading cause of sleep aid use. Although the study reports that the ... |
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| Don’t let down economy keep you up at night |
| NewsOK.com, OK - 01/21/2009 |
| Her insomnia started in November, when the economy hit a critical low. Restless, she manages to fall asleep but wakes up in the night and is unable to drift ... |
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| Sleep and delirium in ICU patients: a review of mechanisms and manifestations. |
| Figueroa-Ramos MI, Arroyo-Novoa CM, Lee KA, Padilla G, Puntillo KA. |
| Intensive Care Med. 2009 Jan 23. |
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| Source modeling sleep slow waves. |
| Murphy M, Riedner BA, Huber R, Massimini M, Ferrarelli F, Tononi G. |
| Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jan 22. |
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| REM-sleep behavior disorder and the risk of developing Parkinson disease or dementia. |
| Britton TC, Chaudhuri KR. |
| Neurology. 2009 Jan 21. |
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| Triggering slow waves during NREM sleep in the rat by intracortical electrical stimulation: effects of sleep/wake history and background activity. |
| Vyazovskiy VV, Faraguna U, Cirelli C, Tononi G. |
| J Neurophysiol. 2009 Jan 21. |
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| What are microarrays teaching us about sleep? |
| Mackiewicz M, Zimmerman JE, Shockley KR, Churchill GA, Pack AI. |
| Trends Mol Med. 2009 Jan 20. |
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| Focal epileptic seizures mimicking sleep paralysis. |
| Galimberti CA, Ossola M, Colnaghi S, Arbasino C. |
| Epilepsy Behav. 2009 Jan 19. |
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| Long-term homeostasis of extracellular glutamate in the rat cerebral cortex across sleep and waking states. |
| Dash MB, Douglas CL, Vyazovskiy VV, Cirelli C, Tononi G. |
| J Neurosci. 2009 Jan 21;29(3):620-9. |
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| RLS and blood donation. |
| Burchell BJ, Allen RP, Miller JK, Hening WA, Earley CJ. |
| Sleep Med. 2009 Jan 19. |
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| Profile, comorbidity and impact of insomnia in the ibadan study of ageing. |
| Gureje O, Kola L, Ademola A, Olley BO. |
| Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Jan 20. |
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| cGMP-dependent protein kinase type I is implicated in the regulation of the timing and quality of sleep and wakefulness. |
| Langmesser S, Franken P, Feil S, Emmenegger Y, Albrecht U, Feil R. |
| PLoS ONE. 2009;4(1):e4238. Epub 2009 Jan 21. |
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| The effects of donepezil on postlearning sleep EEG of healthy older adults. |
| Hornung OP, Regen F, Dorn H, Anghelescu I, Kathmann N, Schredl M, Danker-Hopfe H, Heuser I. |
| Pharmacopsychiatry. 2009 Jan;42(1):9-13. Epub 2009 Jan 19. |
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| Sleep disturbances and emotional distress in the acute course of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. |
| Rischer J, Scherwath A, Zander AR, Koch U, Schulz-Kindermann F. |
| Bone Marrow Transplant. 2009 Jan 19. |
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| Evaluation of Right Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome without Hypertension. |
| Tugcu A, Guzel D, Yildirimturk O, Aytekin S. |
| Cardiology. 2009 Jan 19;113(3):184-192. |
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| Effectiveness of Nocturnal Home Oxygen Therapy to Improve Exercise Capacity, Cardiac Function and Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure and Central Sleep Apnea. |
| Toyama T, Seki R, Kasama S, Isobe N, Sakurai S, Adachi H, Hoshizaki H, Oshima S, Taniguchi K. |
| Circ J. 2009 Jan 23;73(2):299-304. Epub 2008 Dec 27. |
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| Carvedilol Reduces the Severity of Central Sleep Apnea in Chronic Heart Failure. |
| Tamura A, Kawano Y, Kadota J. |
| Circ J. 2009 Jan 23;73(2):295-298. Epub 2008 Dec 27. |
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| Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on the Atrial Electromechanical Activation Time. |
| Lim HE, Kim YH, Kim SH, Kim EJ, Pak HN, Kim YH, Baik I, Shin C. |
| Circ J. 2009 Jan 23;73(2):249-255. Epub 2008 Dec 24. |
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| A new mathematical model for the homeostatic effects of sleep loss on neurobehavioral performance. |
| McCauley P, Kalachev LV, Smith AD, Belenky G, Dinges DF, Van Dongen HP. |
| J Theor Biol. 2009 Jan 21;256(2):227-39. Epub 2008 Oct 2. |
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| Novel analysis of sleep patterns in rats separates periods of vigilance cycling from long-duration wake events. |
| Simasko SM, Mukherjee S. |
| Behav Brain Res. 2009 Jan 23;196(2):228-36. Epub 2008 Sep 16. |
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