Significant pain relief following gastric bypass surgery
... comorbid conditions before surgery: hypertension, sleep apnea, type 2 diabetes, asthma, bladder incontinence and gastroesophageal reflux disease. Using the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC), a leading outcome measure of osteoarthritis-related disabilities in the hip and kne...Sleep apnoea increases risks in general anaesthesia
Patients with obstructive sleep apnoea are at high risk of developing complication...a, say researchers in this week's BMJ. People with sleep apnoea temporarily stop breathing for 10 seconds or more during sleep. The typical sufferer is overw...Weight loss surgery can help reduce metabolic syndrome in obese patients
..., hypertension, hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol), sleep apnea, osteoarthritis and other illnesses. Hypertension, dyslipidemia, glucose intolerance (a hallmark of diabetes) and obesity together represent a disorder called the metabolic syndrome. People with the metabolic syndrome are at an increased risk...Gastric bypass and stomach-stapling patients should recognize risk of nerve injury post-surgery
...bid obesity is life threatening. Obesity can cause sleep apnea, diabetes untreatable by insulin, excess fatty substances in the blood, and coronary artery disease. Weight-reduction surgery shouldn't be taken lightly, but it has tremendous benefit to select patients." Dr. Dyck and colleagues embarked on th...Surgical treatment for obesity appears effective for weight loss and related disorders
...tes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea, according to an article in the October 13 ...etes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea). The bariatric surgery procedures included gastric banding, gastric bypass, gastroplasty, bil...Breathing problems during sleep may affect mental development in infants and young children
Children who have problems breathing during sleep tend to score lower on tests of mental development...reathing pauses (apnea) or slow heart rates during sleep scored lower on mental development tests than did other infants of the same age. The second study wa...Chest 2004 hosts world experts in pulmonary, sleep, and critical care medicine
...ng a broad range of subspecialty topics, including sleep medicine, pediatric pulmonology, disaster medicine...ons on a variety of topics, such as critical care, sleep and disaster medicine, and mechanical ventilation. Other special events and program highlights for ...CHEST 2004 registration open to media
...an 800 cutting-edge clinical research abstracts on sleep medicine, pediatric pulmonology, disaster medicine, pulmonary vascular disease, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cardiology, and critical care. Preview of ACCP evidence-based guidelines, including antithrombotic therapy, c...Increase in childhood leukaemia may be part due to increased light at night
... internal clocks. These clocks drive or alter our sleep patterns, alertness, mood, physical strength, blood pressure and every other aspect of our physiology and behaviour." Professor Foster has detected novel photoreceptors in the eye and he will be sharing the clues about light perception pathways that...GSK'S Requip(R) (ropinirole HCl) significantly reduces periodic leg movements in patients with RLS
...drome (RLS) and with periodic leg movements during sleep (PLMS), have fewer awakenings resulting from invol...p (ropinirole HCl). Patients also reported better sleep adequacy as defined by feeling rested upon waking in the morning. Objective measurements showed tha...Use of cameras to monitor nursing-home care is subject of controversy
...es can check on their residents, and everyone will sleep a little better at night knowing that the independent source is regulating and reviewing the tapes should any problems arise," Cottle wrote. "This service, like the cost of the cameras or of the tapes, is an added ins...Uppsala scientists behind acclaimed health site
...p study showed a clear impact, on the one hand, on sleep and the ability to concentrate and, on the other, on physiological factors, such as sex hormones. "It turned out that DHEA, a hormone that normally declines with age, did not go down in the group that received treatment," adds Bengt Arnetz. PQL, wh...Jefferson researchers announce recommendations on when to test blood pressure in young children
...Dr. Falkner also recommends that physicians take a sleep history due to to association of sleep apnea with overweight and high blood pressure. If these measures don't prove to be effective, antihy...Scents will not rouse us from slumber, says new Brown University study
... odors when awake and in the early transition into sleep (Stage One sleep) but, once asleep, did not. The f...g moderately deep Stage Two sleep, deep Stage Four sleep and REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. No one responded to peppermint during sleep. Responses to the in...Interventional procedures significantly improve quality of life for obese patients
...greater than 70 in the other; cardiac disease; and sleep apnea requiring c-pap (continuous positive airway ...hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, asthma and sleep apnea. A total of 163 patients who underwent the procedure and completed at least 16 months of foll...Small, frequent doses of caffeine best strategy for staying awake
... cognitive tests without affecting their nighttime sleep habits. Researchers from Rush University Medical C...he latter half of the day," said James Wyatt, PhD, sleep researcher at Rush University Medical Center and lead author on the study. Though many studies have ...Three Harvard Medical School endowed chairs named simultaneously in sleep medicine
...timely support will greatly accelerate advances in sleep and circadian rhythm research. At a time when nearly 40 million Americans suffer with sleep disorders, many find numerous barriers to diagnosis and treatment," said Martin, MD, PhD. "These gif...New study: Small, frequent doses of caffeine best strategy for staying awake
...y appointed the Frank Baldino Jr. PhD professor of sleep medicine at Harvard Medical School. "Their caffein...erting effects, most do not take into account that sleep is governed by two opposing but interacting processes. The circadian system promotes sleep rhythmica...New darifenacin data released at the American Urological Association (AUA)
... "Since nocturia associated with OAB can influence sleep parameters and daytime functioning, Enablex may be an important new treatment option for OAB." In a second study (Abstract #1528), in addition to reducing the number of incontinence episodes, Enablex improved all efficacy parameters associated with ...American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 56th Annual Meeting
... in multiple sclerosis, West Nile virus, headache, sleep disorders, and neuro-oncology was also presented at the meeting....