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

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:

National Sleep Awareness Week (March 7-13, 2010) - Canadian Lung Association

Are you often very sleepy throughout the day? And do others tell you that you snore or have short pauses in your breathing while you sleep? Do you get a full night's sleep most nights but still wake up tired? You may have sleep apnea, a serious breathing problem that interrupts your sleep. These breathing pauses called "apneas" can last for 10 to 30 seconds or longer... Tags:

Risk of Childhood Obesity Higher Among Minorities

March 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
Title: Risk of Childhood Obesity Higher Among MinoritiesbrCategory: Health NewsbrCreated: 3/1/2010 10:10:00 AMbrLast Editorial Review: 3/1/2010 Tags:

Chinese Man Says He Killed Roommate Over Snoring

February 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese college student fed up with his roommate's snoring, has confessed to stabbing him to death in the middle of the night. Tags:

The Mathematics Behind A Good Night’s Sleep

Why can't I fall asleep? Will this new medication keep me up all night? Can I sleep off this cold? Despite decades of research, answers to these basic questions about one of our most essential bodily functions remain exceptionally difficult to answer. In fact, researchers still don't fully understand why we even sleep at all... Tags:

Naptime Helps Babies Remember New Things

February 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
Title: Naptime Helps Babies Remember New ThingsbrCategory: Health NewsbrCreated: 2/24/2010 2:10:00 PMbrLast Editorial Review: 2/25/2010 Tags:

Napping Boosts Brain Power

Researchers in the US found that napping boosts brain power by clearing out the brain's temporary storage space so it can absorb new information: they also propose that this clearing out process happens during a specific stage of sleep... Tags:

Importance Of Sleep During Early Life When The Brain Is Developing

Marcos Frank, PhD, associate professor of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, presented information on early brain development and the importance of sleep during early life when the brain is rapidly maturing and highly changeable. Building on his research that the brain during sleep is fundamentally different from the brain during wakefulness, Dr... Tags:

Antidepressants in Pregnancy May Delay Developmental Milestones

February 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
Title: Antidepressants in Pregnancy May Delay Developmental MilestonesbrCategory: Health NewsbrCreated: 2/23/2010 8:10:00 AMbrLast Editorial Review: 2/23/2010 Tags:

Health Tip: Warning Signs That You May Have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

February 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Medical Information
Title: Health Tip: Warning Signs That You May Have Chronic Fatigue SyndromebrCategory: Health NewsbrCreated: 2/23/2010 8:10:00 AMbrLast Editorial Review: 2/23/2010 Tags: