Sleep, Sleep Disorders, and Hormones, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics (The Clinics: Internal Medicine)
Lemondrop (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Filed under: Health , News You're probably aware of sleepwalking, sleep-eating, and even sleep sex ... but have you heard of sleep murder? That's the phenomenon behind the case of a man in Wales who killed his wife of 40 years, allegedly while asleep and dreaming that she was ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Battle Diabetes Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two recent studies have now been published showing that Obstructive Sleep Apnea increases the sufferer’s chances of developing type 2 diabetes. But what does a sleep disorder have to do with diabetes? For anyone who is not familiar with Obstructive Sleep Apnea, it is a disorder which a person’s upper airway is obstructed during sleep. This [...] Related Posts Double Diabetes – Placing...
SUBROSA (Free subscription) | yesterday
Brian Thomas, 59, of Neath, south Wales was cleared last week of murdering his wife Christine in his sleep as he dreamed he was battling with an intruder. It was found he suffered from a long-standing sleep disorder and could not be held responsible for his actions. He said in an interview: "The psychiatrists have told me I'm not to sleep with anybody in the future - it's frightening." Frightening?...
StyleList Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Filed under: Beauty , News , Skin & Body Plastic Surgery? Nah. It's an iPhone app that keeps Demi looking so young. Photo: Getty Images Can an app stop wrinkles? Probably not, but wouldn't you pay $2.99 to find out? NY-based United Holdings Group has created 11 apps, available on the iTunes App Store the first week of January 2010, that claim to help with the anti-aging process. The main one will...
Rickety Contrivances of Doing Good (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
We took Harley to the vet yesterday for bloodwork and urinalysis. He's been acting just fine, although he's lost a bit of weight (possibly because he's not entirely convinced about the new food, although he is eating it), but midway through his testing, the vet came back into the exam room and said gently, "I need to show you something." She held up a syringe full of his urine, which was...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSPT) announced that it is scheduled to meet with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on January 20, 2010 to discuss the Complete Response Letter regarding the New Drug Application (NDA) for Intermezzo® (zolpidem tartrate sublingual tablet). As previously announced, the Complete Response Letter, received by Transcept on October 28, 2009, indicated...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
MSc (Tech) Väinö Virtanen has developed a method for analysing snoring sounds by using a PC with a microphone connection and a wireless microphone. The objective was to create an application that could be used at home to monitor snoring. By utilizing this technology, researchers from Tampere University of Technology and the University of Helsinki have investigated sleep disorders and further...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Sleep apnea is common in individuals who receive a kidney transplant and is associated with increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease or stroke, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). Researchers found that kidney transplant patients are just as likely to have this sleep disorder as dialyzed kidney disease patients...
Talk about Newsnight (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Across Cumbria emergency services are continuing evacuations where flood defences have been overwhelmed by record rainfall. Police searching for a colleague missing after a bridge collapsed amid the devastating floods have found the body of a man. Just two days ago the Queen announced a Flood and Water Management Bill promising new legislation to protect communities from flooding and to improve the...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The Crown Prosecution Service defends charging a man with murder, even though it was agreed he killed his wife while suffering a sleep disorder.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Prosecution drops case against chronic sleep disorder sufferer who strangled killed wife during bad dream on holiday A devoted husband who strangled his wife while having a nightmare that she was an intruder walked free from court after the case against him was withdrawn. Father-of-two Brian Thomas, 59, of Neath, South Wales, killed his wife, Christine, 57, while they were staying in a camper van...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
A man with a sleep disorder who killed his wife while he said he had a dream about an intruder is cleared of murder.
VitaBeat (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Kidney transplant patients with sleep apnea are at increased risk for high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke, Hungarian researchers say. The study of 100 kidney transplant recipients found that 25 percent had moderate to severe sleep apnea, a rate similar to that seen in kidney disease patients on dialysis awaiting a transplant. This means that both types of patients who have the breathing-related...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A baby's sleep position is the best predictor of a misshapen skull condition known as deformational plagiocephaly - or the development of flat spots on an infant's head - according to findings reported by Arizona State University scientists in the December issue of the journal Pediatrics.
Health Care (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
What are the common sleep disorders? Work at night – your biological clock gets disturbed if you remain awake at night due to work. In case you have sleep disorders you cannot breathe properly thereby causing the oxygen levels in your blood to drop. Medications – some medicines like antidepressants can cause ...
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roketfires | 11/10/2009
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aarkstore | 09/10/2009
Insomnia, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, bruxism, narcolepsy and sleepwalking are all serious sleep disorders that possess negative—and sometimes fatal—health consequences. Often undiagnosed and thus not treated, sleep disorders can not only take a toll on personal health but can also adverse effects on personal relationships and reduce worker productivity. In examining the troubling increase...
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