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PHOENIX – Sometimes, treating restless legs syndrome with dopaminergic agents can make the problem worse. After months of use, patients might report that they still have symptoms in their calves, and now also in their thighs and arms, and not just at bedtime. "It’s pretty dreadful when you... »
More Than 40% of Police Officers Have Sleep Disorders
Nearly half of North American police officers might be suffering from a sleep disorder that could interfere with the safe execution of their duties. A survey of nearly 5,000 officers found that 40.4% of them screened positive for a sleep disorder, most of these undiagnosed. Those officers with a... »
FDA Approves Low-Dose Zolpidem for Night Awakening
A low-dose sublingual formulation of zolpidem tartrate is the first agent to be approved to treat insomnia characterized by middle-of-the-night waking followed by difficulty returning to sleep, the Food and Drug Administration announced Nov. 23. Zolpidem tartrate was first approved in the United... »
PHOENIX – Sometimes, treating restless legs syndrome with dopaminergic agents can make the problem worse. After months of use, patients might report that they still have symptoms in their calves, and now also in their... »
Teach Insomniacs That Beds Are for Sleeping
PHOENIX – Reducing bedtime stimulation and, oddly enough, restricting sleep both have powerful, relatively fast effects on insomnia, especially when used in tandem. Among cognitive-behavioral therapy approaches, they have... »
Melatonin May Normalize Night Owl Sleep Schedules
PHOENIX – When patients’ sleep cycles are out of synch with the rest of the world, melatonin and light therapy can help. But for night owls – people who fall asleep at 5 a.m. and awake at noon, for instance – it’s... »
Depression emerged as a significant barrier to secondary cancer screening in Latina survivors of breast cancer in a thought-provoking study released Sept. 19 at the American Association of Cancer Research Conference on the... »
Editorial: Creativity's Links to Time and Temperament
If tomorrow wasn’t such a long time, then lonesome would mean nothing to me at all. –Bob Dylan Great achievements often take time. For instance, many hours of work went into finding a genetic basis for small fiber... »
The Value of Sleep
Sleep is big business. People need it. They want it. They’ll spend money to get it. And, according to the bulk of presentations at the 25th annual joint meeting of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep... »
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