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...ent. As a result, people with RLS have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep and often avoid activiti..., which include somnolence, and the possibility of falling asleep while engaged in activities of daily living, including operation of a motor vehicle. Faintin...Study: Dementia often undiagnosed in clinical settings
..., persons with dementia are at double the risk for falling as those without dementia due to changes in equilibrium and limb coordination, as well as inappropriate use of psychotropic, cardiac and analgesic drugs. They also are twice as likely as people their age to visit the emergency room. According to the ...Approach of holidays has no effect on time of death
...val" category. But thinking of the festival day as falling after the festival makes no sense, Smith says, because the central ritual--a ceremonial meal--happens late that night. "If a person is really able to postpone death until after the celebration of an important ceremonial occasion, shouldn't she be abl...Small, frequent doses of caffeine best strategy for staying awake
...eine regularly during the day may be able to avoid falling asleep and perform well on cognitive tests without...is means that caffeine levels in the brain will be falling as the day goes on. Unfortunately, the physiological process they need to counteract is not a major...New study: Small, frequent doses of caffeine best strategy for staying awake
...ult Americans, who regularly experience difficulty falling or staying asleep at night. Another 250,000 Americ...ng the daytime and 15 percent of them admitting to falling asleep in class....Experimental drug improves sleep in older patients, Wake Forest Baptist study shows
... improvement in all measures of insomnia including falling asleep, staying asleep and total sleep time, as well as a reduction in frequency and duration of napping, he said. Though 40 million Americans suffer from insomnia, McCall said the study focused on patients 65 and older because insomnia tends...Long-term study proves ADDERALL XR is a safe and effective option to treat adults with ADHD
...s were decreased appetite, stomachache, difficulty falling asleep, and emotional lability. Patients should speak with their doctor if they have a history of high blood pressure or any heart conditions, glaucoma, thyroid problems, emotional instability, mental illness, or a known allergy to this type of medi...Medical residents report sleep loss and fatigue take toll on learning, work and personal lives
...self-reporting scale measuring their likelihood of falling asleep. The research paper, called "The Effects of Sleep Loss and Fatigue on Resident-Physicians: A Multi-Institutional Mixed-Method Study," appears in a special theme issue on medical residents in the May Academic Medicine. Using a combination of ...Mixed amphetamine salts significantly better than atomoxetine in treating children with ADHD
...ns. These included decreased appetite, difficulty falling asleep and headache for both medications, and vomiting, somnolence and nausea for atomoxetine. "As a stimulant medication, which as a class have been used safely and effectively in ADHD treatment for more than 60 years, once-daily mixed amphetamine ...Bupropion, counseling may help youth with ADHD stop smoking
...the program. Levels of CO decreased significantly, falling from a baseline of about 18 parts per million (ppm) to about 7.2 ppm by the end of the study. CO, a component of cigarette smoke, reduces the capacity of blood to carry oxygen, forcing the heart to work harder to supply the body with the oxygen it ne...Sleep apnea treatment could save lives & money by reducing auto accidents, according to researchers
...s study clearly demonstrates that these people are falling asleep while driving, killing themselves and innocent bystanders. It is time for American Medicine and the American people to wake up to sleep." The UCSD investigators noted the prevalence of obstructed sleep apnea in drivers is estimated at 3 percen......s about twice as frequent from May through August, falling off abruptly every September. "We conclude that the screening Pap smear detect ability of venereal HPV infection is rhythmic during each year," said Hrushesky. "This rhythmicity may occur, at least in part, in response to annual differenc...Soft drinks not linked to decreased calcium intake
...mong adolescent girls remains low, with this group falling far below recommended dietary levels of calcium consumption. To increase calcium consumption among adolescent girls, the study suggests educational and promotional efforts to encourage milk consumption, use of calcium-fortified beverages and foods, ...Too much sleep can lead to restless nights
...ivities. Long sleepers reported more problems with falling asleep, waking up during the night, awaking too early, feeling "unrefreshed" upon waking up, and feeling sleepy during the day than those who slept seven or eight hours, the researchers found. Sleep complaints were more common in both long and short ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2004
...se a host of difficulties, including hypertension, falling asleep at the wheel of a car, etc. The problem can be treated effectively with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)). In the United Kingdom, the overall wait for referral to CPAP treatment is 14 months. About two-thirds of the "sleep study"...Doctor's statement in Mayo Clinic Proceedings reveals dark side of low-carb diets
... same mechanism that results in cholesterol levels falling in cancer patients; however, no doctor brags about weight loss and lower cholesterol caused by the toxic drugs used in chemotherapy. Numerous studies show that many high-fat, low-carbohydrate dieters risk clogged arteries, heart attack, colon cancer,...'White coat hypertension' common among sleep apnea patients
...with sleep apnea and WCH had a more difficult time falling asleep and had longer periods of wakefulness after falling asleep than sleep apnea patients with normal blood pressure or sustained high blood pressure. "A...Linezolid is superior treatment for drug-resistant pneumonia
...ticularly in children. "The reality is medicine is falling behind infectious organisms," says principal investigator Marin H. Kollef, M.D., associate professor of medicine. "Our results are encouraging, though, because they suggest linezolid succeeds in penetrating the lungs and eradicating a particularly re...Teenagers with cancer are missing out on vital services
...sions for teenagers with cancer, who are currently falling far behind children and adults when it comes to ca... there were a number of reasons why teenagers were falling behind in cancer services. "75% of children are entered into Clinical Trials. This drops alarmingly ...Antibiotic provides promise in treatment of spinal cord injuries
...urrently used for SCI in clinical practice, but is falling into disfavor because of severe side effects. Minocycline, a well-known neuroprotector that is currently being tested to treat stroke, ALS, Huntington's disease and head trauma, has no observable side effects in the rat model and can be given for up ...