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Topics from 02/02/2009
Sleep In The News
| Time spent sitting linked to sleep apnea severity |
| Reuters - 01/27/2009 |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Canadian researchers have identified a new risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in normal-weight men: too much sitting. ... |
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| Want a good night's sleep? Find the right partner |
| Reuters - 01/28/2009 |
| Women usually report more sleep problems than men, but most research has focused on how men's sleep problems such as snoring and sleep apnea affect their ... |
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| Sepracor to cut 20 percent of workforce |
| Reuters - 01/28/2009 |
| Sales of the Lunesta insomnia treatment for the quarter rose to $161.9 million from $148.9 million a year ago. Total revenue for the quarter rose 8.7 ... |
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| S.A. study finds device helps lessen sleep apnea |
| San Antonio Express, TX - 01/31/2009 |
| Paul McLornan tightens Rich Schoenfeld's Thornton Adjustable Positioner, a device designed to help people with sleep apnea. ... |
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| Books on sleep apnea can be helpful |
| Chicago Daily Herald, IL - 01/31/2009 |
| By Sarah Long | Daily Herald Columnist I was recently diagnosed with sleep apnea, a potentially serious sleep disorder in which one stops breathing while ... |
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| Five Ways ANYBODY Can Benefit from Hypnosis By: Cindy Locher |
| Healthy Wealthy n Wise, WV - 01/31/2009 |
| Insomnia. Hypnosis is incredibly effective for relieving insomnia. Most patients get relief within one session. Even people who have suffered from insomnia ... |
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| Sleep Apnea Belt |
| KDRV, OR - 01/29/2009 |
| "In David's case, he was found to have obstructive sleep apnea, mostly when he was in the supine or lying on his back position," says Sleep Specialist Dr. ... |
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| Studies Link Health Issues to Sleep Apnea |
| Ivanhoe, FL - 01/27/2009 |
| (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Using newer, more accurate measuring tools, researchers have discovered a link between sleep apnea and pre-diabetic changes in insulin ... |
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| Catch Some Natural Zzzzs with Valerian Root |
| HealthNews, CA - 01/31/2009 |
| With any type of insomnia, no matter what the cause, a person enduring restless sleep at any time cannot fully enjoy the following day because of their ... |
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| Small device delivers big results for sleep apnea sufferers |
| KVUE, TX - 01/29/2009 |
| That’sa reality each night for people who suffer from severe sleep apnea. Now, dental researchers with the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio have ... |
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| Tips for making yourself comfortable while sleeping |
| The Salem News, MA - 01/29/2009 |
| Back sleeping may cause sleep apnea — a condition where there is a short cessation of breathing. The body loses oxygen for a period of time and has to work ... |
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New Sleep Science Articles from the past week
| The Association Between Sleep Duration and General and Abdominal Obesity in Koreans: Data From the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001 and 2005. |
| Park SE, Kim HM, Kim DH, Kim J, Cha BS, Kim DJ. |
| Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Jan 29. |
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| CPAP treatment in obstructive sleep apnoea: A randomised, controlled trial of follow-up with a focus on patient satisfaction. |
| Holmdahl C, Schöllin IL, Alton M, Nilsson K. |
| Sleep Med. 2009 Jan 27. |
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| Sleep perception in insomniacs, sleep-disordered breathing patients, and healthy volunteers - An important biologic parameter of sleep. |
| Pinto LR Jr, Pinto MC, Goulart LI, Truksinas E, Rossi MV, Morin CM, Tufik S. |
| Sleep Med. 2009 Jan 27. |
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| Rhythmicity in mice selected for extremes in stress reactivity: behavioural, endocrine and sleep changes resembling endophenotypes of major depression. |
| Touma C, Fenzl T, Ruschel J, Palme R, Holsboer F, Kimura M, Landgraf R. |
| PLoS ONE. 2009;4(1):e4325. Epub 2009 Jan 29. |
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| Sleep Enhances Off-line Spatial and Temporal Motor Learning after Stroke. |
| Siengsukon C, Boyd LA. |
| Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2009 Jan 26. |
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| Return of Memory and Sleep Efficiency Following Moderate to Severe Closed Head Injury. |
| Makley MJ, Johnson-Greene L, Tarwater PM, Kreuz AJ, Spiro J, Rao V, Celnik PA. |
| Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2009 Jan 26. |
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| Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an educational intervention for practice teams to deliver problem focused therapy for insomnia: rationale and design of a pilot cluster randomised trial. |
| Siriwardena AN, Apekey T, Tilling M, Harrison A, Dyas JV, Middleton HC, Orner R, Sach T, Dewey M, Qureshi ZM. |
| BMC Fam Pract. 2009 Jan 26;10(1):9. |
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| Localization of the brainstem GABAergic neurons controlling paradoxical (REM) sleep. |
| Sapin E, Lapray D, Bérod A, Goutagny R, Léger L, Ravassard P, Clément O, Hanriot L, Fort P, Luppi PH. |
| PLoS ONE. 2009;4(1):e4272. Epub 2009 Jan 26. |
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| Sleep study predictors of prevalent cardiovascular disease. |
| Stradling JR. |
| Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Feb 1;179(3):254; author reply 254. No abstract available. |
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| Intermittent hypoxia degrades HIF-2alpha via calpains resulting in oxidative stress: implications for recurrent apnea-induced morbidities. |
| Nanduri J, Wang N, Yuan G, Khan SA, Souvannakitti D, Peng YJ, Kumar GK, Garcia JA, Prabhakar NR. |
| Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jan 27;106(4):1199-204. Epub 2009 Jan 14. |
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