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Insomnia: Changing your bedtime habits could help relieve insomnia

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created Aug 21, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Many people sleep better when they are on holiday and wish that they could sleep as well all the time. But according to the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), it is not only being free of ...


Older people may need less sleep, study finds

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created Jul 24, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Along with all the other changes that come with age, healthy older people also lose some capacity for sleep, according to a new report published online on July 24th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. When asked ...





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Snoring sounds may hold the key to a good night's sleep

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created 11 hours ago | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hours of analysing snoring sounds have paid off for a group of researchers from The University of Queensland and Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital.


Experts: Placebo power behind many natural cures

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created 20 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe." It's the placebo effect - the ability of a dummy pill or a faked treatment to make people feel better, ...


Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up? (AP)

Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up?

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created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, ...


K-State Expert Says Fear Of H1N1 Amplifies Normal Anxiety About School, Offers Tips On How To Cope

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For university students, anxiety about grades is nothing new. But this year, students also may be anxious about the H1N1 flu virus and missing classes.


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New 'smart' electrical meters raise privacy issues

Technology / Energy

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 12

The new "smart meters" utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said ...


Baby Einstein Controversy: Professor Offers Healthy Language Learning Alternatives for Young Children

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Baby Einstein videos have become a staple in many American households until recently when the Walt Disney Company decided to refund the product, acknowledging that these ever-popular videos were not intended ...


Java and nighttime jobs don't mix: study

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created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Night-shift workers should avoid drinking coffee if they wish to improve their sleep, according to research published in the journal Sleep Medicine. A new study led by Julie Carrier, a Université de Montréal psycho ...


More action is needed to support millions of tinnitus sufferers worldwide

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created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As many as one in seven people will experience tinnitus, or ringing in their ears, at some time of their life, but not enough is being done to support patients who experience this distressing condition, according to an extensive ...


Study shows that sleep disturbances improve after retirement

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study in the Nov.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that retirement is followed by a sharp decrease in the prevalence of sleep disturbances. Findings suggest that this general improvement in sleep is likely to result from t ...


Study shows that sleep deprivation can negatively affect information processing

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study in the Nov.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that sleep deprivation causes some people to shift from a more automatic, implicit process of information categorization (information-integration) to a more controlled, explic ...



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