NEW YORK (Reuters) - An insomnia drug being developed by Merck & Co was significantly better at improving sleep than a placebo in a mid-stage study, according to data presented on Wednesday. The drug, MK-4305, helped patients sleep for a larger percentage of eight hours spent in bed at one night and at the end of four weeks of treatment, Merck said ...

For many travelers who cross several time zones, the exhilaration of taking in sights like the Eiffel Tower or the pyramids of Egypt is quickly tempered by the grogginess of jet lag. Veteran flyers often have their own remedies to overcome those signals from the body that it's time for sleep. But an Oregon researcher recently detailed in The ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Restless legs syndrome tends to cluster in families, results of a Canadian study confirm. Dr. Guy Rouleau of the University of Montreal Hospital and his colleagues found sons and daughters of people with the bothersome syndrome were at nearly double the risk of having it themselves, while the risk for brothers and sisters of restless legs ...

A psychiatrist testified that a Colorado teen was sleepwalking when he allegedly shot and killed his 9-year-old brother and wounded and stabbed his mother. Dr. John Hardy gave his testimony at an ongoing hearing to decide if Daniel Gudino, 14, of Colorado Springs will become one of the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tylenol PM and other widely used acetaminophen pain drugs that include a sleep-aid failed to show significant benefit in a key study, U.S. health regulators have told drugmakers 15 years after the industry submitted the data. Patients taking the drugs, most commonly sold as Johnson & Johnson's Tylenol PM and Novartis AG's Excedrin PM, did ...

If you do everything right each night—you know, going to bed early and avoiding drinking—your body's internal clock should wake you up at the same time every morning. For the rest of us, here are five simple ways to a better night's sleep: 1.) Charge your BlackBerry in the Living Room Having too many tech toys ...

Just days after receiving Food and Drug Administration approval for Silenor, biotech company Somaxon Pharmaceuticals Inc. made plans to sell 4 million shares to fund marketing of the insomnia drug. Somaxon expects to grant the underwriters an option to purchase up to 600,000 additional shares ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Schools in Glasgow are running a trial of "sleep lessons" to promote a healthy sleeping routine and change bad habits such as late night television. The lessons aim to help children learn more effectively, be calmer and enjoy better mental health. They teach pupils about the importance of getting at least nine hours' shut-eye a night and ...

When the clock "springs forward" at the start of Daylight Savings Time, it can be a big adjustment to your body's system. With the change coming earlier than ever -- on Sunday -- the effects can be even more pronounced. The clock moves forward one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday March 14 ...

A Chinese college student fed up with his roommate's snoring, has confessed to stabbing him to death in the middle of the night. Zhao Yan, 22, was stabbed in the chest and back late last year in his room at Jilin Agricultural University in the northeastern ...