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Light from electronic screens at night linked to sleep loss

Like a lot of Americans, Amalie Drury has grown very attached to her smartphone.

Health created Jul 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Does night work put women's health at risk?

Breast cancer is the number one cause of female mortality. It affects 100 out of 100,000 women per year in developed countries. Each year, more than 1.3 million new cases are diagnosed, 53,000 of these in France.

Cancer created Jun 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Night shift might boost women's breast cancer risk: study

(HealthDay) -- Women who work the night shift more than twice a week might be increasing their risk for breast cancer, Danish researchers find.

Health created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study raises questions about use of anti-epilepsy drugs in newborns

A brain study in infant rats demonstrates that the anti-epilepsy drug phenobarbital stunts neuronal growth, which could prompt new questions about using the first-line drug to treat epilepsy in human newborns.

Neuroscience created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic study links body clock receptor to diabetes

A study published in Nature Genetics today has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for me ...

Diabetes created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds melatonin eases sleep woes in children with autism

(Medical Xpress) -- A new Vanderbilt study shows that the over-the-counter supplement melatonin is promising in helping children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and their families, sleep better.

Autism spectrum disorders created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tireless research reveals secrets of the 'sleep hormone'

A team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill University has made a major breakthrough by unraveling the inner workings of melatonin, also known as the "sleep hormone." The ...

Neuroscience created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cherry juice gives a good nights' sleep

Drinking cherry juice significantly improves both the quality and duration of sleep, according to new findings from Northumbria University.

Health created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Melatonin delays onset, reduces deaths in mouse model of Huntington's disease

Melatonin, best known for its role in sleep regulation, delayed the onset of symptoms and reduced mortality in a mouse model of Huntington's disease, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and ...

Neuroscience created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Modern shift work pattern potentially less harmful to health

Recent research suggests that the modern day-day-night-night shift pattern for shift workers may not be as disruptive or as potentially carcinogenic as older, more extreme shift patterns.

Health created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'White' light suppresses the body's production of melatonin

Exposure to the light of white LED bulbs, it turns out, suppresses melatonin 5 times more than exposure to the light of High Pressure Sodium bulbs that give off an orange-yellow light. "Just as there are regulations and standards ...

Health created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (19) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

Aging eyes linked to sleepless nights, new study shows

A natural yellowing of the eye lens that absorbs blue light has been linked to sleep disorders in a group of test volunteers, according to a study in the September 1 issue of the journal Sleep. As this type of lens discol ...

Health created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Melatonin analogue agomelatine could have role in treating major depression

A New Drug Class paper published Online First by The Lancet looks at the use of melatonin and its analogues—traditionally used to modify the body's internal clock (circadian system)—in the treatment of major depres ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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