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Alaska Northern Lights Offers Bright Light Therapy To Combat Common Health Problems

March 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
Alaska Northern Lights manufactures a bright light therapy box that aids in treating chronic health problems such as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), depression, bipolar disorder and sleep problems... Tags:

Cephalon Receives Complete Response Letter For NUVIGIL For The Treatment Of Excessive Sleepiness Associated With Jet Lag Disorder

March 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPH) announced the company has received a Complete Response letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its supplemental new drug application for NUVIGIL® (armodafinil) Tablets [C-IV] in the treatment of patients with excessive sleepiness associated with jet lag disorder resulting from eastbound travel... Tags:

Shift Work Linked to Irritable Bowel Syndrome

March 29th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
Title: Shift Work Linked to Irritable Bowel SyndromebrCategory: Health NewsbrCreated: 3/26/2010 6:10:00 PMbrLast Editorial Review: 3/29/2010 Tags:

ATS Endorses Pay-For-Performance For Pulmonary, Critical Care And Sleep Medicine

March 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
The ATS has released an official policy statement of pay-for-performance (P4P) in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine... Tags:

Britain Gets Bed Bug Bitten!

March 24th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
Figures released today show that, despite spending a third of our lives in bed, most Brits change their pillows so infrequently that 70 per cent of our bedding is filled with excrement from thousands of dust mites*. If a pillow is left uncleaned for just two years, as much as one tenth of its weight can be made up of dead skin cells, bacteria and dust mites... Tags:

Chinese Man Gets Death for Killing Snoring Student

March 24th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese university student who stabbed his sleeping roommate to death because he snored too much was given a suspended death sentence, state media reported Friday. Tags:

FDA Approves Insomnia Med Silenor

March 24th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Silenor for the treatment of insomnia. Tags:

Good News For Elderly Sleep Apnea Sufferers

March 24th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
Findings from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology could provide good news for elderly patients who suffer from sleep apnea. The research results from Prof. Peretz Lavie and Dr. Lena Lavie of the Faculty of Medicine show that elderly patients with moderate sleep apnea live longer than their counterparts in the general population... Tags:

Spring Allergy Relief Can Be Hard to Find

March 24th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
Title: Spring Allergy Relief Can Be Hard to FindbrCategory: Health NewsbrCreated: 3/24/2010 10:08:00 AMbrLast Editorial Review: 3/24/2010 10:08:16 AM Tags:

Brain Waves And Mediation

March 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Neurology / Neuroscience
Forget about crystals, candles, Eastern philosophy, and about sitting and breathing in awkward ways. Meditation research explores how the brain works when we refrain from concentration, rumination and intentional thinking. Electrical brain waves suggest that mental activity during meditation is wakeful and relaxed... Tags:
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