Topic: Europe

Study says genetics affect vaccine-narcolepsy link

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's national health institute said on Thursday its latest research on previously found links between children's narcolepsy and GlaxoSmithKline's Pandemrix vaccine against swine flu also involved a genetic risk factor.In Finland, 98 narcolepsy cases have been reported following Pandemrix ...

Pushing Western medicine with fear in India

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you sleep less than six hours a night, you're increasing your risk of developing or dying from heart disease by 48 percent. At least, that's what U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant Abbott would have 1.2 billion people in ...

Lack of sleep may lead to gaining weight: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Sleep deprivation makes the day drag and appears to put a drag on metabolism too, causing the body to use less energy, according to a European study.The results, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, add ...
For most children it is the soothing end to a busy day of play and schoolwork. Her mother, singer-songwriter Dana Thompson, will raise awareness of the condition with a fundraising concert next month. Sade is one of only 500 children in Britain ...

Power Napping to Win

Sleep disorders include a range of problems -- from insomnia to narcolepsy -- and affect millions of Americans. Dr. Michael Breus shares information and advice on sleep disorder and insomnia treatments and causes.. That is what's going on in Spain this past ...

Pipradrol

Pipradrol ( Meretran ) is a mild central nervous system stimulant that is no longer widely used in most countries due to concerns about its abuse potential, although this is less of a problem than with other stimulants that still are in ...

Temazepam

Temazepam (marketed under brand names Normison , Temtabs , Euhypnos , Restoril , Remestan , Tenox and Norkotral ) is an intermediate-acting 3-hydroxy benzodiazepine . patients on dialysis ) Severe sleep apnea Severe depression , particularly when accompanied by suicidal tendencies Acute ...

Best sleep aids for air travel

We often go red eye, flights from 10 pm on. Our most frequent trips, about twice a month, are one-hour flights between Tucson, Los Angeles and Las Vegas . We also take six-hour flights cross country several times a year, and about ...

The health benefits of hops

When most people hear hops they immediately think of beer. Once the male plants are recognized they are destroyed, because the female flower clusters are more prized without seeds. It was not until the 1500?s that hops began to be grown in ...

Brotizolam

Brotizolam (marketed under brand name Lendormin ) is a sedative -hypnotic thienodiazepine drug which is a benzodiazepine analog. It is approved for sale in the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Italy and Japan. top;"> Chile South Africa , Belgia , Germany , Hungary , ...
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