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Monday, December, 01, 2008

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Fibromyalgia

Research engineers and sleep medicine specialists from two Michigan universities have issued the result of a study that discusses how a sleep study can be used to determine other sleep disorders, including insomnia and fibromyalgia.   Joseph W. Burns, a research scientist and engineer at the Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) also... Read moreChevron

Splitting the Sleep Cycle

Biphasic sleep refers to having two split sleep cycles, say from 11 to 3, and then from 6 to 10. This sounds like a strange way to get the sleep we need, but according to some sleep experts, this may be the way it's meant to be.   Were we designed to sleep in shifts? Some scientists, including Richard Stevens, an epidemiologist at the... Read moreChevron

Let's Have a Nap

With the hectic lifestyles most of us lead these days, napping has become almost a way of life. Think naps are for sissies? Listen. Even the sports teams are getting into it.   "A lot of things may change in the NHL," Scott Mellanby of the Atlanta Thrashers says, "but not naps. It's just a part of being a hockey... Read moreChevron

Winter S.A.D.ness

If the "winter blues" or "cabin fever" is really getting you down, and you just can't seem to shake those doldrums, you may be suffering from seasonal affective disorder (S.A.D.) Perhaps you have never thought of S.A.D. as a sleep disorder. In the strictest sense, it's not. It's a form of depression.   However, major symptoms of S.A.D... Read moreChevron

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