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Somaxon Announces FDA Approval Of Silenor(R) (doxepin) For The Treatment Of Insomnia

March 19th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOMX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the New Drug Application (NDA) for Silenor® (doxepin) for the treatment of insomnia characterized by difficulty with sleep maintenance... Tags:

Sleep Well, Stay Healthy: Good Quality And Restorative Sleep Are Essential For Better Mental And Physical Health

March 19th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
"A good night's sleep" has long been the intention of millions of people suffering from sleep disorders around the world. However, this objective is scarcely met with ease. The reality of this scenario is that many will not seek the professional help to address the serious sleep disorders that plague them, resulting in numerous health consequences... Tags:

Daylight-Saving Time Switch May Leave You Sleepy, Physician Says

March 11th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
Many Americans will lose an hour of sleep on March 14, the first day of daylight-saving time, when clocks are set ahead one hour at 2 a.m. local standard time-making it harder to wake up, causing difficulty in staying alert and increasing the chance of sleepy-driving car crashes. Ronald D. Chervin, M.D., says Americans can prepare for the daylight-saving time switch... Tags:

NxStage Announces New FREEDOM Data Showing The Positive Impact Of Its Daily Home Hemodialysis Therapy On Sleep Quality And Restless Legs Syndrome

March 9th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
Booths # 23-25 at the Annual Dialysis Conference -- NxStage Medical, Inc... Tags:

Sleep Differences Among Ethnic Groups Revealed By Poll

March 8th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
The 2010 Sleep in America poll released by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) reveals significant differences in the sleep habits and attitudes of Asians, Blacks/African-Americans, Hispanics and Whites. It is the first poll to examine sleep among these four ethnic groups... Tags:

Children With Insomnia May Have Impaired Heart Rate Variability

March 4th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
Children with insomnia and shorter sleep duration had impaired modulation of heart rhythm during sleep, Pennsylvania researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 50th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. In a study of young children, researchers showed that insomnia symptoms were consistently associated with impaired heart variability measures... Tags:

Extremes Of Sleep Related To Increased Fat Around Organs

March 3rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
Not getting enough sleep does more damage than just leaving you with puffy eyes. It can cause fat to accumulate around your organs - more dangerous, researchers say, than those pesky love handles and jiggly thighs... Tags:

‘Biological Clock’ Could Be A Key To Better Health, Longer Life

March 3rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
If you aren't getting a good, consistent and regular night's sleep, a new study suggests it could reduce your ability to handle oxidative stress, cause impacts to your health, increase motor and neurological deterioration, speed aging and ultimately cut short your life. That is, if your "biological clock" genes work the same way as those of a fruit fly. And they probably do... Tags:

Frequent Napping Is Associated With Increased Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes In Older Adults

March 2nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
A study in the March 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that frequent napping is associated with an elevated prevalence of type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in an older Chinese population. Results show that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes was 36 percent higher (adjusted odds ratio = 1.36) in participants who reported napping four to six times a week and 28 percent higher (OR = 1... Tags:

Relationship Between Extremes In Sleep Duration And Increases In Abdominal Fat In Minority Young Adults

March 2nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information, Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
A study in the March 1 issue of the journal SLEEP shows that African-American and Hispanic young adults with short or long sleep durations had greater increases in belly fat over a five-year period compared with those who reported sleeping six to seven hours a night... Tags:
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