News tagged with sleeping pills

Nursing home residents with dementia: Antidepressants are associated with increased risk of falling

Nursing home residents with dementia who use average doses of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are three times more likely to have an injurious fall than similar people who don't use these drugs. The association ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Anti-depressant use soars in England, linked to recession

The use of anti-depressant drugs in England has soared by 28 percent in the past three years, coinciding with the country's fall into recession and the global economic crisis, new figures showed Friday.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4

New relationship important for the mental health of widowers

Men who have lost their partner to cancer and who are still single four to five years after their loss run a far greater risk of developing mental illness than those who have managed to find a new partner, reveals a unique ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Insomnia affects 23 percent of US workers: study

Insomnia affects around 23 percent of US workers, and brings a national cost for the sleeping disorder at $63.2 billion, a study showed Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Slime mold prefers sleeping pills

In a new paper published in Nature Precedings, Andrew Adamatzky from the University of the West of England shows that slime molds like Physarum polycephalum prefers sleeping pills and their sedative effects over ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

The malicious use of pharmaceuticals: An under-recognized form of child abuse

Child abuse is a serious problem that affects nearly one million children a year in the United States alone. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the US Department of Health and Human Services classify child abuse into ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Scientists search for sleepless souls suffering lifelong insomnia

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.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Commonly used medications may produce cognitive impairment in older adults

Many drugs commonly prescribed to older adults for a variety of common medical conditions including allergies, hypertension, asthma, and cardiovascular disease appear to negatively affect the aging brain causing ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 2

The herbal remedy: Teens use cannabis for relief, not recreation

When legal therapies let them down, some teens turn to cannabis. A new study, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Substance Abuse, Treatment, Prevention and Policy suggests that around a third of teens who sm ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 24