Topic: Sleeping And Sleep Disorders

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 ...
Surfing great Andy Irons died from a heart attack in a Dallas-area hotel room in November, with drugs a secondary cause, according to an autopsy report.Irons's family released the autopsy results, which found the three-time world champion from Hawaii died from sudden ...

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 ...

Does sleep loss up weight by lowering energy use?

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sleep deprivation makes the day drag and appears to put a drag on metabolism, causing the body to use less energy, European researchers found in a small study.The results, which appear in the American Journal of Clinical ...
Auriemma: Taurasi told me she didn't take banned substanceGeno Auriemma is standing by his former Connecticut star Diana Taurasi.Auriemma said Taurasi told him that she didn't take the banned substance — modafinil — that she tested positive for last month."I'm not privy ...

Nightmares or Night Terrors?

Your 4-year-old is crying inconsolably. WebMD Guest Expert Tanya Altmann, MD, helps worried parents identify the difference between nightmares and night terrors in the online WebMD discussion on Healthy Family Routines. Night terrors typically occur during the first third of the night, ...

How to Use a Light Box

If you have been advised to use a light box for phototherapy to treat your circadian rhythm sleep disorder or seasonal affective disorder (SAD), you may wonder how to use a light box effectively.. This means instead of staring directly into the ...

The Five Worst Sleep Mistakes

On so many nights this past year, I've felt like the star of a cruel reality show called " In "Slumber Party," a story in Allure's December issue, we asked the best sleep doctors in the country to share their most effective ...