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Losing sleep? Scientists evaluate why

The issue of sleep deprivation has gone beyond the counting of sheep and into the scientific domain, as European researchers set up 'sleep labs' to study the biomedical and sociological factors keeping us ...

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Research yields significant insights into a common form of autism

Identifying and understanding the combination of factors that leads to autism is an ongoing scientific challenge. This developmental disorder appears in the first three years of life, and affects the brain's ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Is this peptide a key to happiness?

(Medical Xpress)—What makes us happy? Family? Money? Love? How about a peptide? The neurochemical changes underlying human emotions and social behavior are largely unknown. Now though, for the first time in humans, scientists ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nursing research suggests mild electrical pulses may aid fibromyalgia sufferers

(Medical Xpress)—If mild cranial electrical stimulation helps lessen fibromyalgia pain, as studies seem to suggest, does it do this by changing activity in certain brain regions?

Neuroscience created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Re-Timer ready to reset sleep

(Medical Xpress)—Today saw the launch of Re-Timer, a wearable green light device invented by Flinders University sleep researchers to reset the body's internal clock.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Probing sleep's drowsy mystery: Researchers stay up nights trying to understand rhythms, effects

It is one of the ironies of sleep research that scientists stay up all night to do it.

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Sleep-deprived bees have difficulty relearning

Everyone feels refreshed after a good night's sleep, but sleep does more than just rejuvenate, it can also consolidate memories. 'The rapid eye movement form of sleep and slow wave sleep are involved in cognitive forms of ...

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Moderate iPad use won't keep teens up at night

(Medical Xpress)—Teenagers who use an iPad for an hour before bed are still likely to get a good night's sleep, new research from Flinders University shows.

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Researchers to study the developmental implications of toddlers' sleep patterns

ZZZs don't always come easy for children still learning their ABCs.

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Snoring without sleep apnea does not increase death or heart disease risk

(Medical Xpress)—A group of Australian researchers have achieved a world-first to demonstrate that objectively measured snoring, without more serious sleep apnea, does not increase mortality or cardiovascular ...

Sleep apnea created Sep 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lack of sleep found to be a new risk factor for aggressive breast cancers

Lack of sleep is linked to more aggressive breast cancers, according to new findings published in the August issue of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment by physician-scientists from University Hospitals Case Medical Center's ...

Cancer created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Giving phobias a rest: Research suggests key role for sleep in treating anxiety, stress

Exposure therapy for irrational fear of spiders seems to be more effective if it is followed by sleep, according to a recent study in the Journal of Psychiatric Research. The results have implications for treatme ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Can cannabinoid drug used for nausea in chemotherapy relieve sleep apnea?

(Medical Xpress) -- No drug treatments exist to treat sleep apnea, a disorder that affects more than 18 million Americans. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing are working to change that. ...

Sleep apnea created Jun 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists find anticonvulsant drug helps marijuana smokers kick the habit

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found clinical evidence that the drug gabapentin, currently on the market to treat neuropathic pain and epilepsy, helps people to quit smoking marijuana (cannabis). Unlike ...

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Mayo Clinic studies climbers on Everest to help heart patients at home

It's a natural laboratory for studying heart disease, lung problems, muscle loss, sleeping disorders and new medical technologies. It's also the highest mountain in the world. Mount Everest's extreme altitude puts climbers ...

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