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posted 03/03/2008, comments (0)

Report: No Time for Sleep

Sleep is essential to everyone's health and well being. Yet, with so many distracting activities available, sleep has slipped farther and farther down the list of things to do. And it will likely only get worse unless people decide to change what they consider important. In some offices, the workday stretches from eight hours to ten or... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/11/2008, comments (0)

Sleep Quality in Intensive Care Units (ICU)

For a patient to heal from illness or injury, he or she needs restful sleep. A quiet, dimly lit room promotes sleep. Yet, the ICU ward of a busy hospital is seldom quiet or dimly lit. An article in USA today advises: "Sleep deprivation can result in a decreased production of growth hormone needed for healing." In the ICU (intensive... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/08/2008, comments (5)

Mixing Medication, Heath Ledger, and What You Should Know

I wrote an article earlier mentioning that the sleeping medication Ambien was found near the body of actor Heath Ledger. I speculated at the time that perhaps an overdose of Ambien had caused his death. Official investigation revealed that, although Ambien was absent in the actor's body, there was a mix of half a dozen other sleep... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/21/2007, comments (3)

What sleep disorder can my symptoms be of

i am ashamed to ask this , but i really need to know if i have a sleepind disorder or if I shoud go to a doctor to get diagnosed.While I was performing oral sex on my husband once I dozed off, I didnt fall completly asleep, but dozing off is a problem, I was only getting about 2-3 hours asleep a night and I am pregnant, suffering from... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/01/2007, comment (1)

Children Have Sleep Problems Too

Have you ever watched a child sleep? They don't just lie there. They sprawl. Arms and legs akimbo. Perfectly relaxed. Lost in the land of dreams. However, children suffer from sleep disorders, too. Not just snoring and nightmares. More serious than the occasional sleepwalking. INSOMNIAInsomnia in adults is a very common disorder.... Read more Chevron

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