Sleep News and Research

Latest Sleep News and Research

Repeated sleep loss affects ability to compensate for lost sleep

We've all experienced that occasional all-too-short night of sleep -- staying out too late at a party on a weeknight, studying into the wee hours for a morning exam or being kept up during the night with a sick child.

4 Jul 2007

Chronic insomnia can lead to anxiety and depression

Everyone has an occasional night of bad sleep. For most people, insomnia lasts only a few days and goes away without treatment.

4 Jul 2007

People with narcolepsy have a high frequency of REM sleep without muscle atonia

Normal rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is characterized by tonic features, including cortical electroencephalogram (EEG) desynchronization and muscle atonia, as well as phasic events, including bursts of REM, phasic activities of both chin and limb electromyography (EMG), and cardiorespiratory variability.

4 Jul 2007

Targeted nalmefene with simple medical management in the treatment of heavy drinkers

Problem drinkers who took a craving-curbing drug whenever they felt the desire to imbibe reported fewer heavy drinking days each month than drinkers who took a look-alike placebo pill, but both groups reported marked reductions in heavy drinking days.

4 Jul 2007

Popular antidepressants make elderly bones fragile

Two newly released studies have come out in support for the growing body of evidence that the most popular drugs used to treat depression may contribute to fragile bones in elderly people.

27 Jun 2007

Greater understanding of fibromyalgia as a true medical condition

Fibromyalgia, a chronic, widespread pain in muscles and soft tissues accompanied by fatigue, is a fairly common condition that does not manifest any structural damage in an organ.

26 Jun 2007

SSRIs associated with lower bone density in older men and women

The class of antidepressant medications known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors may be associated with an increased rate of bone loss in older men and women, according to two articles in the June 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

26 Jun 2007

Green light for first drug to treat fibromyalgia

Authorities in the United States have given approval for the first drug to treat the condition fibromyalgia.

25 Jun 2007

U.S. FDA approves Lyrica (pregabalin), the first drug to treat fibromyalgia

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Lyrica (pregabalin), the first drug to treat fibromyalgia, a disorder characterized by pain, fatigue and sleep problems.

23 Jun 2007

Indiana University researchers seek people with memory loss, sleep problems

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers are looking for adults above the age of 55 who have difficulty sleeping and have memory loss associated with dementia or Alzheimer's disease for a clinical study of a sleep medication.

20 Jun 2007

Differences in sleep patterns

Researchers have long observed significant differences in normal people's sleep. Some are light sleepers, whereas others sleep deeply.

20 Jun 2007

Post-holiday syndrome

Millions of people will leave their working places and start their holidays in the next weeks.

20 Jun 2007

Children who have at least one parent who smokes have 5.5 times higher levels of cotinine

Having a mother that smokes was found to have the biggest independent effect on cotinine in the urine , quadrupling it. Having a smoking father doubled the amount of cotinine, one of chemicals produced when the body breaks down nicotine from inhaled smoke to get rid of it.

20 Jun 2007

Reports of abnormal behaviour sends Tamiflu back to the drawing board

The manufacturers of the bird flu drug Tamiflu are about to repeat basic research and clinical trials on the high profile influenza drug.

20 Jun 2007

New pediatric sleep lab in upstate New York

The Pediatric Sleep Medicine Offices, the first pediatric sleep lab in upstate New York , has started doing overnight studies in its new location in Clinton Crossings.

19 Jun 2007

Dreaming about sex .....we all do!

Canadian researchers say men and women have the same amount of dreams of a sexual nature.

18 Jun 2007

Sleep-related breathing disorder common among aggressive kids

Aggressive behavior and bullying, common among schoolchildren, are likely to have multiple causes, one of which may be an undiagnosed sleep-related breathing disorder (SRBD), according to a research abstract presented at SLEEP 2007, the 21st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS).

18 Jun 2007

Imagery rehearsal therapy helps insomniacs

In a study that insomniacs may find welcoming, imagery rehearsal therapy (IRT) has been shown to subjectively improve their ability to get a good night's sleep, according to research presented at SLEEP 2007, the 21st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS).

17 Jun 2007

Extra sleep improves athletic performance

Athletes who get an extra amount of sleep are more likely to improve their performance in a game, according to research presented at SLEEP 2007, the 21st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS).

17 Jun 2007