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New moms get enough sleep, just not good sleep

2010-08-30T09:30:23Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to popular belief, new mothers may often get a decent amount of sleep in their babies' first few months -- but it's not a good-quality sleep, a new study suggests. The study, which followed a group of new moms, found that on average, the women got just over 7 hours of sleep per night during their babies' first four months. That is within what's generally recomm...

Amphetamines could damage heart artery: U.S. study

2010-08-17T11:45:29Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Young adults who abuse amphetamines may be more likely to suffer an often fatal tear in the body's main artery, the aorta, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. A study of medical records from 31 million people aged 18 to 49 and hospitalized from 1995 to 2007 found that those who had abused amphetamines had triple the odds of aortic dissection, the team at 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 7 paragraphs on ex-Guantanamo detainee's treatment Britain fought to keep secret

Here are the seven once-secret paragraphs that summarize the U.S. account of the treatment of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed in Pakistan in ...

Chronic sleep loss hampers performance

2010-04-16T07:40:21Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One night of good sleep is not enough to recover from chronic sleep deficit, which over time hinders a person's ability to stay alert and attentive, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. Many nights of too little sleep when the body's rhythm says it is time to snooze have cumulative detrimental effects on how a person performs and could be a saf...

Later-to-bed teens risk sadness, suicidal thoughts

2010-04-16T07:55:11Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Earlier bedtimes make for happier teens, a new study in the journal Sleep suggests. Adolescents whose parents enforced bedtimes of 10 p.m. or earlier were significantly less likely to be depressed and to have suicidal thoughts than their peers whose parents allowed them to go to bed at midnight or later, Dr. James E. Gangwisch of Colu...

Feeling sleepy? You're not alone

2010-04-16T09:26:08Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly 70 percent of adults in the U.S. report having at least one day of insufficient rest or sleep per month, suggests a new survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For many, poor sleep is the n...

Getting enough sleep? They aren't in West Virginia

2010-04-16T09:32:57Z

States of sleeplessness: West Virginia leads nation in lack of shut-eye, CDC says

Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness. West Virginians' lack of sleep was about double the national rate, perhaps a side effect of health problems such as obesity, experts said. Nearly ...

Sleep deprivation a major US health problem: study

2010-04-16T09:33:04Z

Americans suffer from a chronic lack of sleep, according to a study released Thursday, which says the problem is a bigger public health problem than is generally recognized. The report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed American sleep patterns, which was gathered by state health departments in phone interviews with more than 400,000 adults aro...

Transcept rises on Purdue sleep aid license

2010-04-16T11:01:21Z

Transcept surges after company enters US sleep aid promotion agreement with Purdue Pharma

Shares of Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc. rocketed Monday after the company said it licensed its insomnia treatment candidate Intermezzo to Purdue Pharmaceutical Pro...

Driving while drowsy

2010-04-16T15:31:59Z

Number of crashes linked to fatigue should be a wake-up call for the public

Safety advocates see an increasing trend of crashes linked to tired drivers. So-called drowsy drivers are involved in at least 100,000 accidents that result in more than 1,500 deaths and 40,000 injuries a year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrat...

Acai Berries For Anxiety, Depression, and Insomniac

2010-06-26T04:34:29Z

Acai Berries For Anxiety, Depression, and Insomniac By Kelsey Carson There is a reason why our state capital is called the sleepless city. Hey fellow blog readers my name is Hilary James and this is my acai experience. In my home town of Seattle, Washington where sleep is a rarity. Its not just one city under the spell of insomnia, many of us around the United States reels in its worst recession since the 1930s, according to a new poll. The poll, released by the National Sleep Foundation Monday, found that economic concerns had 27 percent of respondents tossing and turning for at least several nights every week for the...

Quran Burning

2010-09-07T14:22:56Z

In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, Rev. Terry Jones poses for a photo at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla. Jones vowed to go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Quran to protest the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks despite warnings from the Christine O'Donnell, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, addresses supporters during a Tea Party Express news conference in support of her election bid, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

Judith Jamison Honored

2010-09-07T14:22:25Z

Alex Ko, 13, of Iowa City, Iowa, the new "Billy Elliot" on Broadway, meets Judith Jamison, choreographer and artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, ...

Lifestyles Glee Camps

2010-09-07T14:22:00Z

This Aug. 20, 2010 photo made from video shows, from left to right, Samantha Savery, 14, of Marshville, N.C., Malik Jefferson, 15, of Charlotte, N.C., and

Robbing Pharmacies

2010-09-07T12:10:46Z

In this Aug. 5, 2010 photo, a pharmacy tech poses for a picture with tablets of hydrocodone at the Oklahoma Hospital Discount Pharmacy that was robbed in July in Edmond, Okla. Across the country, pharmacy robberies are on the rise, partly because of the increasing demand for prescription drugs, according to law enforcement officers and industry officials. Prescription painkillers ran...