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Insomnia, fatigue common in people with cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than half of cancer patients may suffer symptoms of insomnia during treatment, and for some, sleep problems can persist for months afterward, according to a new study.The findings "point to the fact that sleep, including insomnia ...

Many U.S. teens abuse controlled medications

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - More than one in five teens who get strong painkillers, stimulants or other controlled medications from their doctor take too much of the substances, in some cases deliberately doing so to get high, according to a study.Taking ...

Many kids abuse controlled medications: survey

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than one in five teens who get strong painkillers, stimulants or other controlled medications from their doctor take too much of the substances, according to a new survey of Michigan students.Usually kids take too much of ...

Does too little sleep lead to weight gain?

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Want to avoid weight gain? Maybe some more sleep would help.People who got very little sleep ate more but didn't burn any extra calories, according to a U.S. study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that ...

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 ...

To help overcome insomnia, get out of bed: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - For insomniacs to get better sleep, spending less time in bed may be key -- one part of short-term behavioral therapy that could help older adults beat insomnia, according to a study.Daniel Buysse, at the University of ...

Short-term pill-free therapy may help insomniacs

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A few short visits and phone calls with a nurse may be enough to help insomniacs get their zzz's, suggests a new study of sleep-deprived older adults.Researchers found that more than half of participants overcame chronic insomnia ...

New mothers get enough sleep, just not good sleep: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - It may come as news to new parents but a U.S. study has found that mothers do get enough sleep in their babies' first few months -- it's just not good quality.Researchers from West Virginia University in ...

Sleep problems linked to weight gain in middle-age

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women, try not to think of this if you lie awake at night: having trouble sleeping means you're likely to gain weight.As if simply getting older weren't hard enough, new research shows that middle-aged and older women ...