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Topics from 02/01/2010

Sleep In The News

Expanding waist worsens kids' sleep apnea
Reuters - 01/29/2010
In obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, a person stops breathing multiple times during the night. It is often accompanied by heavy snoring. ... ...
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My Sleep Apnea Journey
Huffington Post (blog) - 01/28/2010
Having done considerable work in the field of insomnia treatment, I've naturally watched my own sleep apnea condition as it slowly got worse. ... ...
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Cephalon Sues Novartis To Block Generic Nuvigil Drug
Wall Street Journal - 01/25/2010
Cephalon began selling Nuvigil last year and has been trying to get patients to switch from its older narcolepsy drug, Provigil, to Nuvigil. ... ...
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Losing Sleep, Losing Brain?
Science Daily (press release) - 01/29/2010
A new study, published by Elsevier in Biological Psychiatry, suggests that chronic insomnia may be another condition associated with reduced cortical volume ... ...
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Insomnia in Adults: Etiology and Management
Medscape - 01/25/2010
Insomnia is a significant problem in adults that frequently goes undiagnosed and untreated. Untreated insomnia is often associated with undiagnosed medical ... ...
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Melatonin May Be Safe, Effective for Sleep-onset Insomnia in Children With ADHD
Medscape - 01/25/2010
The goal of this literature review and meta-analysis was to assess the efficacy and safety of melatonin for treating insomnia in children with ... ...
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New Sleep Science Articles from the past week

Sleep and Active Renin Levels - Interaction with Age, Gender, Growth Hormone and Cortisol.
Schüssler P, Yassouridis A, Uhr M, Kluge M, Bleninger P, Holsboer F, Steiger A.
Neuropsychobiology
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Sleepwalking in Italian Operas: A Window on Popular and Scientific Knowledge on Sleep Disorders in the 19th Century.
Riva MA, Sironi VA, Tremolizzo L, Lombardi C, De Vito G, Ferrarese C, Cesana G.
European neurology
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Assessment of Screening Tests for Sleep Apnea Syndrome in the Workplace.
Tanaka S, Shima M.
Journal of occupational health
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The Minimally Important Difference for Patient-reported Outcomes in Spondyloarthropathies including Pain, Fatigue, Sleep, and Health Assessment Questionnaire.
Wheaton L, Pope J.
The Journal of rheumatology
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Cross-cultural comparison of the sleep-disordered breathing prevalence among Americans and Japanese.
Yamagishi K, Ohira T, Nakano H, Bielinski SJ, Sakurai S, Imano H, Kiyama M, Kitamura A, Sato S, Konishi M, Shahar E, Folsom AR, Iso H, Tanigawa T.
The European respiratory journal : official journal of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Physiology
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Ventilatory chemoresponsiveness, narcolepsy-cataplexy, and HLA-DQB1*0602 status.
Han F, Mignot E, Wei YC, Dong SX, Li J, Lin L, An P, Wang LH, Wang JS, He MZ, Gao HY, Li M, Gao ZC, Strohl KP.
The European respiratory journal : official journal of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Physiology
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Sudden death due to a hypopharyngeal mass during sleep: A case report.
Perotti S, Vassalini M.
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
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Evolution of wakefulness, SLEEP AND HIBERNATION: FROM REPTILES TO MAMMALS.
Rial RV, Akaârir M, Gamundí A, Nicolau C, Garau C, Aparicio S, Tejada S, Gené L, González J, De Vera LM, Coenen AM, Barceló P, Esteban S.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews
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Exercising, sleep-EEG patterns, and psychological functioning are related among adolescents.
Brand S, Gerber M, Beck J, Hatzinger M, Pühse U, Holsboer-Trachsler E.
The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry
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Simulating microinjection experiments in a novel model of the rat sleep-wake regulatory network.
Diniz Behn CG, Booth V.
Journal of neurophysiology
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Baroreflexes of the Rat. VI. Sleep and responses to aortic nerve stimulation in the dmNTS.
Tang X, Dworkin BR.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology
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Sleep habits and disturbances in Malaysian children with epilepsy.
Ong LC, Yang WW, Wong SW, Alsiddiq F, Khu YS.
Journal of paediatrics and child health
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Basal ganglia control of sleep-wake behavior and cortical activation.
Qiu MH, Vetrivelan R, Fuller PM, Lu J.
The European journal of neuroscience
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[Management of sleep-related abnormal breathing by cardiologists and hospital departments of cardiology]
Fietze I, Penzel T, Baumann G, Bönner G, Kamke W, Podszus T; AG35 Kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungenund schlafbezogene Atmungsstörungen der DeutschenGesellschaft für Kardiologie (DGK).
Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)
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[Sleep disordered breathing in cardiac patients--an unresolved problem]
Oldenburg O.
Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)
 
Sleep Disturbances in Parkinson Disease and Their Potential Role in Heterogeneity.
Gunn DG, Naismith SL, Lewis SJ.
Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology
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Sleep, activity, temperature and arousal responses of mice deficient for muscarinic receptor M2 or M4.
Turner J, Hughes LF, Toth LA.
Life sciences
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