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Unwarranted Mindfulness and Meditation Practices may Cause Harm

Unwarranted Mindfulness and Meditation Practices may Cause Harm

Highlights Poor methodology and misinformation in accordance with previous studies may mislead and disappoint the consumers Mindfulness or Meditation techniques should not be over...

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Implantable Device to Treat Central Sleep Apnea

Implantable Device to Treat Central Sleep Apnea

Highlights : USFDA has approved an implantable device called the Remede system to treat moderate to severe central sleep apnea In central sleep apnea, breathing s...

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Hormone Therapy for Migraine Offers No Risk of Heart Disease

Hormone Therapy for Migraine Offers No Risk of Heart Disease

Highlights: Hormone therapy does not increase the risk of heart disease. It helps in treating menopause symptoms. It also helps in prevention of bone loss. Migraine head...

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Nobel Prize in Medicine 2017 For Research On Body’s Internal Clock

Nobel Prize in Medicine 2017 For Research On Body’s Internal Clock

Highlights Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discoveries about the body’s biological clock. Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young won ...

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Sleep Apnea Linked With Higher Levels Of Inflammation

Sleep Apnea Linked With Higher Levels Of Inflammation

Highlights The severity of sleep apnea is associated with high levels of inflammation Belly fat is a major risk factor for developing sleep apnea Sleep apnea often affects men ...

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Early Helmet Therapy Shows Better Results For Infants With Skull Flattening

Early Helmet Therapy Shows Better Results For Infants With Skull Flattening

Highlights Skull flattening or deformational plagiocephaly due to sleep position can be treated with helmet therapy otherwise called as molding orthosis. In molding orthosis, ...

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People With Sleep Disorders at High Risk for Alzheimer's

People With Sleep Disorders at High Risk for Alzheimer's

Highlights: Sleep disorders increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease, finds a new study Sleep apnea causes less attention and thinking in individuals who carry Alzheimer's gene ...

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Zolpidem Drug: Surprising Effects of Insomnia Medication

Zolpidem Drug: Surprising Effects of Insomnia Medication

Highlights: Insomnia is a sleep disorder where people may have trouble in sleeping and medications may help to treat the condition. Scientists have studied the surprising effects of...

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Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Higher in Premature Infants

Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Higher in Premature Infants

Highlights Infants born between 24 and 27 weeks of gestation are at greater risk of dying from sudden infant death syndrome and other sleep-related infant deaths. To bring dow...

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Dronabinol: Anti-Nausea Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea

Dronabinol: Anti-Nausea Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea

Highlights: Sleep apnea is often characterized by one or two breathing pauses during sleep. Scientists have found an anti-nausea drug that could help to treat sleep apnea. Dronab...

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New Disposable Diagnostic Patch Could Improve Sleep Apnea Testing

New Disposable Diagnostic Patch Could Improve Sleep Apnea Testing

Highlights: Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder that causes pauses in breathing during sleep. Disposable, diagnostic patch was developed to effectively detect sleep apnea. The...

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Get More Sleep, Drink Coffee: Manage Chronic Pain

Get More Sleep, Drink Coffee: Manage Chronic Pain

Highlights: Sensitivity to acute and chronic pain is increased by the lack of sleep during night followed by day-time fatigue. Common pain killers or analgesics such as ibuprofen...

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’Sleep Gene’ Identified - Mechanism Reveals Why We Need Sleep

’Sleep Gene’ Identified - Mechanism Reveals Why We Need Sleep

Highlights Sleep plays an important role in maintaining good health. Scientists uncover a new ‘sleep gene’ that is involved in the quality of sleep experienced by mice, fruit flies ...

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Does Aging Disrupt Sleep?

Does Aging Disrupt Sleep?

Highlights Sleep duration or the amount of time spend sleeping is significantly reduced in older adults. As people get older, their ability to generate sleep is impaired due to th...

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Neck Circumference May Be an Independent Predictor of Sleep Apnea

Neck Circumference May Be an Independent Predictor of Sleep Apnea

Highlights An algorithm using the Berlin Questionnaire and neck circumference could help screen for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in obese women with gestational diabetes (GDM). ...

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