Topic: Canada

Sleep woes common in US, Canadian cops

About 40 percent of police officers in the United States and Canada suffer from sleep problems that may harm their ability to function on the job, said a US study published on Tuesday.Of nearly 5,000 police officers who took part in an ...

Fatal familial insomnia

Fatal familial insomnia is a terrifying genetic disorder and disease that seems too sensational to be real. FFI is defined as a very rare autosomal dominant inherited prion disease of the brain. Other symptoms of this disease include the inability to produce ...
The use of communication technology among children and adolescents prior to bed appears to be associated with excessive movements, insomnia, and leg pain during the night, and may negatively impact mood and lead to cognitive problems during the daytime, according to data ...
I have to admit that I?m a snorer. Keep in mind I live in Canada so I get sweet sweet health care for free. Of course my cousins in the States just got that new health care bill but I?m not sure ...

Medicinal Herbs & Shrubs

Canada Yew Also known as ground hemlock, this evergreen forest shrub grows naturally in southern Canada and the Northern sections of the East and Midwest. Several Native American tribes use Canada yew extract to treat rheumatism, as well as female reproductive ailments ...
It appers that doing certain tongue and facial exercises for 30 minutes daily may ease the severity of obstructive sleep apnea, a Brazilian study shows. The study included 31 adults with moderate obstructive sleep apnea. Speech pathologists taught 16 of the patients ...
Insomnia has a substantial economic impact in both direct and indirect costs, according to the results of a study in Quebec, Canada. Meaghan Daley, Ph.D., of the Centre de Recherche Universite Laval-Robert Giffard in Quebec, Canada, and colleagues analyzed data from a ...

Asian Kids Have Later Bedtimes, Less Total Sleep

6/12/2008 Print E-mail Compared to children in predominantly Asian countries, kids in predominantly Caucasian countries get more sleep overall, have earlier bedtimes, and are less likely to share a room with young children, a new study says. Mindell found significant variability in ...
Melatonin supplements may not ease sleep woes caused by jet lag, shift work, or health problems, according to a new study.. The studies focused on sleep, not daytime grogginess, note research associate Nina Buscemi, PhD, and colleagues. The researchers checked 13 electronic ...