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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:30:27 +0100
The Dangers Of Daylight Savings Time
Daylight Savings Time can be hazardous for your health. On average, people go to work or school on the first Monday of Daylight Savings after sleeping 40 fewer minutes than normal. And recent studies have found there's a higher risk of heart attacks, traffic accidents and workplace injuries on the first Monday of Daylight Savings...
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Daylight-Saving Time Switch May Leave You Sleepy, Physician Says
Many Americans will lose an hour of sleep on March 14, the first day of daylight-saving time, when clocks are set ahead one hour at 2 a.m. local standard time-making it harder to wake up, causing difficulty in staying alert and increasing the chance of sleepy-driving car crashes. Ronald D. Chervin, M.D., says Americans can prepare for the daylight-saving time switch...
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PDT
NxStage Announces New FREEDOM Data Showing The Positive Impact Of Its Daily Home Hemodialysis Therapy On Sleep Quality And Restless Legs Syndrome
Booths # 23-25 at the Annual Dialysis Conference -- NxStage Medical, Inc...
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Sleep Differences Among Ethnic Groups Revealed By Poll
The 2010 Sleep in America poll released by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) reveals significant differences in the sleep habits and attitudes of Asians, Blacks/African-Americans, Hispanics and Whites. It is the first poll to examine sleep among these four ethnic groups...
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Children With Insomnia May Have Impaired Heart Rate Variability
Children with insomnia and shorter sleep duration had impaired modulation of heart rhythm during sleep, Pennsylvania researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 50th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. In a study of young children, researchers showed that insomnia symptoms were consistently associated with impaired heart variability measures...
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Extremes Of Sleep Related To Increased Fat Around Organs
Not getting enough sleep does more damage than just leaving you with puffy eyes. It can cause fat to accumulate around your organs - more dangerous, researchers say, than those pesky love handles and jiggly thighs...
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PDT
Burning The Midnight Oil: Sleep Issues Plague The Night Shift
With pressure from the tough economy to bring in extra dollars, more people are sacrificing sleep to work night shifts or two jobs in order to make ends meet, says Raman Malhotra, M.D., assistant professor of neurology at Saint Louis University and director of the SLU Sleep Disorders Center...
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT
'Biological Clock' Could Be A Key To Better Health, Longer Life
If you aren't getting a good, consistent and regular night's sleep, a new study suggests it could reduce your ability to handle oxidative stress, cause impacts to your health, increase motor and neurological deterioration, speed aging and ultimately cut short your life. That is, if your "biological clock" genes work the same way as those of a fruit fly. And they probably do...
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Frequent Napping Is Associated With Increased Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes In Older Adults
A study in the March 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that frequent napping is associated with an elevated prevalence of type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in an older Chinese population. Results show that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes was 36 percent higher (adjusted odds ratio = 1.36) in participants who reported napping four to six times a week and 28 percent higher (OR = 1...
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Relationship Between Extremes In Sleep Duration And Increases In Abdominal Fat In Minority Young Adults
A study in the March 1 issue of the journal SLEEP shows that African-American and Hispanic young adults with short or long sleep durations had greater increases in belly fat over a five-year period compared with those who reported sleeping six to seven hours a night...
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PDT
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