Wednesday, 4 November 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Golfers with the nighttime breathing disorder obstructive sleep apnea can improve their scores by treating their problem, according to study findings presented this week at the CHEST 2009 meeting in San Diego, California.
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly 70 percent of adults in the US report having at least one day of insufficient rest or sleep per month, suggests a new survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Thursday, 22 October 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Skimping on sleep, is unhealthy, but it doesn't make people fat, according to a new study.
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Daytime sleepiness caused by the nighttime breathing disorder sleep apnea is nothing to yawn at.
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Losing weight does help relieve sleep apnea in people who are obese, a new study shows.
Friday, 18 September 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're one of those parents who likes to let their kids run themselves ragged so they fall asleep more easily, you may be onto something: the more activity kids get, the faster they'll drop off to sleep, according to a new study.
Monday, 14 September 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Gabapentin, a drug used to treat seizures, improves the quality of sleep in menopausal women bothered by hot flashes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report in the Journal of Women's Health.
Thursday, 10 September 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Just because they're sick doesn't mean that children with chronic illness will sleep peacefully through the night, new research from Norway shows.
Friday, 21 August 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who were born at a relatively small size may be more likely than their peers to have sleep difficulties, a new study suggests.
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Severe breathing disorders during sleep, such as sleep apnea, can kill, a study in more than 6,000 people shows.
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An inadequate amount of nightly sleep on a recurring basis, coupled with a sedentary lifestyle and overeating, may fuel the development of diabetes, results of a new study hint.
Thursday, 23 July 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In children with sleep-related breathing disorders, removing the tonsils and adenoids -- an operation called adenotonsillectomy -- is apt to yield long-lasting improvements in sleep and behavior, doctors from Kansas City report.
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Poor sleep after childbirth appears to be increase the risk of postpartum depression, according to findings published in the journal Sleep.
Friday, 10 July 2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles County coroner's office has issued subpoenas for medical files from several doctors who treated Michael Jackson, whose sudden death two weeks ago remains shrouded in mystery, the Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday.
Friday, 10 July 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is associated with behavior problems in children with asthma, researchers have found.
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients who undergo weight loss surgery should not expect it to cure the nighttime breathing disorder known as obstructive sleep apnea, according to a paper in the June issue of The American Journal of Medicine.
Friday, 3 July 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who are overweight and wet the bed at night may have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), researchers report.
Thursday, 2 July 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a new study confirm there is an increased risk of death in patients who have had a stroke and who have moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but suggest that continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy can markedly reduce this excess risk.
Friday, 26 June 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There is a statistically significant association between type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) during REM sleep, results of a study indicate.
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with asthma who use steroid inhalers are at increased risk for obstructive sleep apnea, new research shows.
