Copyright 2010 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/sleep/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xqBhttp://mnt.to/f/3xqBObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a condition which causes interruptions in breathing during sleep. It is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep as the throat muscles intermittently relax and block the airway. In obstructive sleep apnea, breathing is interrupted by a physical block to airflow, despite the effort to breathe...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xmzhttp://mnt.to/f/3xmzConsolidated Research of Richmond, Inc. (CRI) announces the awarding of United States Patent 7,654,948 - which is a novel, drug-free system for treating people suffering from the most common sleep complaint: Chronic Insomnia...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xhYhttp://mnt.to/f/3xhYScientists at Emory University School of Medicine have discovered unexpected properties for a precursor to melatonin, the hormone that regulates sleep cycles. Melatonin is produced from the neurotransmitter serotonin in a daily rhythm that peaks at night. Melatonin's immediate precursor, N-acetylserotonin, was not previously thought to have effects separate from those of melatonin or serotonin...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xcmhttp://mnt.to/f/3xcmChildren with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may one day be able to have an injection or use a throat spray instead of getting their tonsils removed to cure their snoring, according to a new study from the University of Chicago, which found that a specific gene product may be responsible for the proliferation of adenotonsillar tissue that can cause pediatric OSA...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3x4dhttp://mnt.to/f/3x4d New research from the US shows that resting while awake appears to strengthen memory, revealing new insights into how forms of rest other than sleep, affect the memory consolidation process...Neurology / Neuroscience Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3x37http://mnt.to/f/3x37A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP found gray matter concentration deficits in multiple brain areas of people with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3x39http://mnt.to/f/3x39A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP suggests that healthy older adults without sleep disorders can expect to have a reduced "sleep need" and to be less sleepy during the day than healthy young adults. Results show that during a night of eight hours in bed, total sleep time decreased significantly and progressively with age...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wVDhttp://mnt.to/f/3wVDThe brains of people under anesthesia respond to stimuli as they do in the deepest part of sleep - lending credence to a developing theory of consciousness and suggesting a new method to assess loss of consciousness in conditions such as coma...Pain / Anesthetics Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wSFhttp://mnt.to/f/3wSFChronic and severely stressful situations, like those connected to depression and posttraumatic stress disorder, have been associated with smaller volumes in "stress sensitive" brain regions, such as the cingulate region of the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus, a brain region involved in memory formation...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wGVhttp://mnt.to/f/3wGV Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center and Hasbro Children's Hospital researchers have received more than $2.5 million in direct costs from The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to study the impact of asthma on the sleep quality and academic performance of young children...Respiratory / Asthma Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wGZhttp://mnt.to/f/3wGZSRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development institute, has announced that Thomas S. Kilduff, Ph.D., director of SRI International's Center for Neuroscience, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wHZhttp://mnt.to/f/3wHZOSA: The Sleep Disorder that's Deadly for Your Heart If you're a loud snorer who doesn't feel rested enough during the day, you may be unwittingly putting your heart at risk. That's because you could have untreated Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), a disorder directly linked to several cardiovascular syndromes that cause premature death...Heart Disease Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wGzhttp://mnt.to/f/3wGzWatermark Medical CEO Sean Heyniger, said the recent Dr. Oz Show segment on sleep apnea and obesity will help the estimated 20 million undiagnosed Americans realize their symptoms and seek help. Watermark's ARESTM is an innovative, low-cost, patient-friendly wireless device, offered through primary care physicians that is worn while the patient sleeps at home...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wGwhttp://mnt.to/f/3wGwSomaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wt4http://mnt.to/f/3wt4Both adults and adolescents who smoke have reported difficulties sleeping, and young children exposed to tobacco smoke have poorer sleep quality. Recent research has found that children with asthma have more parent-reported sleep issues when exposed to tobacco smoke...Smoking / Quit Smoking Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wqzhttp://mnt.to/f/3wqzThe European Medicines Agency has been formally notified by Wyeth Consumer Healthcare of its decision to withdraw its application for a centralised marketing authorisation for the medicine Ibuprofen/Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride Wyeth 200 mg/25 mg soft capsules...Pain / Anesthetics Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wp8http://mnt.to/f/3wp8A robust new technique for screening drugs' effects on zebrafish behavior is pointing Harvard University scientists toward unexpected compounds and pathways that may govern sleep and wakefulness in humans...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wmrhttp://mnt.to/f/3wmrObstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) adversely affects glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago. The study "demonstrates for the first time that there is a clear, graded, inverse relationship between OSA severity and glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes," wrote lead author, Renee S. Aronsohn, M.D...Diabetes Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wmthttp://mnt.to/f/3wmtResearchers in the US found that chronic sleep loss is not easy to recoup and severely impairs performance later in the day, particularly late at night when performance is naturally low...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3whMhttp://mnt.to/f/3whMWives of soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to be diagnosed with depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and other mental health conditions than women whose husbands are not deployed, according to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The study, published Jan...Mental Health Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wd9http://mnt.to/f/3wd9Local patients are being sought for a national clinical research study currently investigating a study medication for people who have had a head injury, concussion or bump on the head and feel sleepy or tired during the day. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, head injury is one of the most common neurologic disorders, affecting around 1.5 million Americans every year...Neurology / Neuroscience Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3w4Hhttp://mnt.to/f/3w4HVIVUS, Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) announced positive results from a phase 2 study evaluating the safety and efficacy of Qnexa®, an investigational drug, for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). VIVUS recently completed phase 3 development of Qnexa for the treatment of obesity and submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA for that indication...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3vZ9http://mnt.to/f/3vZ9 New UK research, published recently in PLoS ONE, has not reproduced previous findings that suggested Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may be linked to a recently discovered virus. The authors of the study, from Imperial College London and King's College London, say this means that anti-retroviral drugs may not be an effective treatment for people with the illness...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3vYrhttp://mnt.to/f/3vYrOnly about 8 percent of high school students get enough sleep on an average school night, a large new study finds. The others are living with borderline-to-serious sleep deficits that could lead to daytime drowsiness, depression, headaches and poor performance at school...Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3vSnhttp://mnt.to/f/3vSnA study in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that erectile dysfunction was more common in older men with restless leg syndrome (RLS) than in those without RLS, and the magnitude of this association increased with a higher frequency of RLS symptoms...Erectile Dysfunction / Premature Ejaculation