http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A study in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine indicates that significant associations exist between parent-reported insomnia symptoms and medical complaints of gastrointestinal regurgitation and headaches in young school-aged children. http://www.physorg.com/news180085032.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:00:03 EST news180085032 (PhysOrg.com) -- After a late night of texting or updating Facebook, it's hardly surprising that many teenagers show up groggy for school, which studies have shown can diminish academic performance. To address this troubling trend, UC Berkeley's Sleep and Psychological Disorders Laboratory -- in conjunction with Kaiser Permanente, Oregon -- has begun recruiting middle and high school students for a study to see if depression can be alleviated if they get enough sleep. http://www.physorg.com/news176657446.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:40:01 EST news176657446 Can't sleep at night? A new study published in the journal Sleep has found that people who suffer from insomnia have heightened nighttime blood pressure, which can lead to cardiac problems. The investigation, which measured the 24-hour blood pressure of insomniacs compared to sound sleepers, was conducted by researchers from the Université de Montréal, its affiliated Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal Sleep Disorders Centre and the Université Laval. http://www.physorg.com/news171280358.html Medicine & Health Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:10:02 EST news171280358 An online insomnia intervention based on established face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy techniques appears to improve patients' sleep, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://www.physorg.com/news166117582.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:20:01 EST news166117582 Most people have experienced the odd sleepless night before a crucial exam, a job interview or before going on holiday, but few people get by with just a couple of hours of sleep a day, every day. http://www.physorg.com/news164468595.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:10:01 EST news164468595 Irritability is frequently the main presenting complaint of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women; yet, studies specifically researching on irritability in this population are lacking. http://www.physorg.com/news163738892.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:01:58 EST news163738892 According to new research, patients suffering from chronic primary insomnia (PIs) have higher levels of brain activation compared to normal sleepers during a working memory test. http://www.physorg.com/news163736998.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:33:03 EST news163736998 A research abstract that will be presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, is the first demonstration of a specific neurochemical abnormality in adults with primary insomnia (PI), providing greater insight to the limited understanding of the condition's pathology. http://www.physorg.com/news163736916.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:29:04 EST news163736916 A majority of people experiencing chronic insomnia can experience a normalization of sleep parameters through the use of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), according to a research abstract that will be presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. http://www.physorg.com/news163736834.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:27:52 EST news163736834 Meditation may be an effective behavioral intervention in the treatment of insomnia, according to a research abstract that will be presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies http://www.physorg.com/news163736801.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:27:19 EST news163736801 The genetic factors that cause increased sleep problems during times of stress seem to be the same as those that make people with intrusive and ruminative thoughts have a higher prevalence of insomnia. http://www.physorg.com/news163736445.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:21:22 EST news163736445 The genes that play a role in adolescent insomnia are the same as those involved in depression and anxiety, according to a research abstract that will be presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. http://www.physorg.com/news163646003.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:13:40 EST news163646003 Men with insomnia and sleep duration of six or fewer hours of nightly sleep are at an increased risk for mortality, according to a research abstract that will be presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. http://www.physorg.com/news163645939.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:12:48 EST news163645939 Primary care pediatricians may be under-diagnosing sleep disorders in children and teens, according to new research. http://www.physorg.com/news163645594.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:07:26 EST news163645594 Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have created a line of fruit flies that may someday help shed light on the mechanisms that cause insomnia in humans. The flies, which only get a small fraction of the sleep of normal flies, resemble insomniac humans in several ways. http://www.physorg.com/news163182399.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:27:21 EST news163182399 A study in the June 1 issue of the journal Sleep demonstrates that online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for chronic insomnia significantly improves insomnia severity, daytime fatigue, and sleep quality. Online treatment also reduces erroneous beliefs about sleep and pre-sleep mental arousal. http://www.physorg.com/news163060258.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:32:26 EST news163060258 For patients with persistent insomnia, a combination of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and the medication zolpidem for 6 weeks was associated with improvement in sleep, although for a longer treatment period CBT alone was more beneficial, according to a study in the May 20 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news161974740.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 May 2009 17:59:26 EST news161974740 Suicide rates in Greenland increase during the summer, peaking in June. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry speculate that insomnia caused by incessant daylight may be to blame. http://www.physorg.com/news160944314.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 19:45:30 EST news160944314 A study in the May 1 issue of the journal SLEEP shows that adolescents with a childhood diagnosis of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are more likely to have current and lifetime sleep problems and disorders, regardless of the severity of current ADHD symptoms. Authors suggest that findings indicate that mental health professionals should screen for sleep problems and psychiatric comorbidities among all adolescents with a childhood diagnosis of ADHD. http://www.physorg.com/news160382947.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 May 2009 07:49:46 EST news160382947 A study in the April 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine suggests that sleep problems lead to increased pain and fatigue in cancer patients. The results indicate that interventions aimed at trouble sleeping would be expected to improve both pain and fatigue in this patient population. http://www.physorg.com/news158992653.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:38:41 EST news158992653 Insomnia has long been associated with poor health, including weight gain and even obesity. Now researchers at UCLA have found out why. http://www.physorg.com/news157211284.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:48:30 EST news157211284 About three-fourths of individuals with insomnia report experiencing the condition for at least one year and almost half experience it for three years, according to a report in the March 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news155836127.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:49:08 EST news155836127 A study in the Feb. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that the use of sleep or napping to relieve chronic pain caused by tension-type headaches could have the unwanted effect of decreasing the homeostatic drive for sleep, leading to reduced ability to initiate and maintain sleep at night. Use of sleep as a coping mechanism for pain over time could lead to the development of poor sleep hygiene and serve as a perpetuating factor for chronic insomnia. http://www.physorg.com/news153903467.html Medicine & Health Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:58:19 EST news153903467 A PhD thesis at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has studied the origin of the mutation that causes Fatal Familiar Insomnia (FFI). In the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country there is a high rate of carriers of this mutation - 50% of all the cases registered in the whole of Spain. http://www.physorg.com/news150543247.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:34:07 EST news150543247 A study in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Sleep indicates that the indirect costs of untreated insomnia are significantly greater than the direct costs associated with its treatment. The study estimates that the total annual cost of insomnia in the province of Quebec is 6.5 billion Canadian dollars, representing about one percent of the province's $228.5 billion in gross domestic product for 2002. http://www.physorg.com/news150024040.html Medicine & Health Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:20:40 EST news150024040 It's a Catch-22 of the highest order. People with alcohol problems often use alcohol to get to sleep -- but it actually keeps them from getting good-quality sleep all night long. http://www.physorg.com/news137043619.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:40:19 EST news137043619