<rss xmlns:cm="http://choicemedia.com/content/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>MySleepCentral.com - Latest Sleep Disorders News</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/sleep-disorders/</link><description>Latest Sleep Disorders News from MySleepCentral.com</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>MySleepCentral.com</title><width>120</width><height>19</height><url>http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif</url><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/sleep-disorders/</link></image><item><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:17:00 EDT</pubDate><title>Diprivan not a treatment for sleep disorders: experts</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/sleep-disorders/news-292838-98.html</link><description>According to a nurse employed by Michael Jackson, the pop singer had repeatedly asked her to give him the powerful IV anesthetic Diprivan to treat his insomnia, even though the drug is not approved for this use.</description><guid 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