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Lack of Sleep Leads to Mood Disorders for Teens

Lack of Sleep Leads to Mood Disorders for Teens

You can add another issue to highlight among teens if they lack sleep. A study showed that lack of sleep could become a high risk issue for teens who lack sufficient shuteye. Teens who go to be after midnight are more likely to experience depression, especially the ones who get less than 5 hours of sleep. Worst, 50% of those sleep-deprived teens may even commit suicide!

Doctors recommended that parents remove television sets and video games from teenagers’ rooms to help them get

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Harrison Sleep Study Center Expands

Harrison Sleep Study Center

Harrison’s Sleep Disorder Center expanded and renovated by providing adding more capacity and adding new equipment to accommodate and resolve patient issues suffering from sleep disorders. The new look offers a more appealing setup, close to a hotel-like atmosphere, and was completed last September.

Patients are prescreened before being referred to the sleep center, to make sure a study would benefit them. Once there, they’re hooked up to a dozen or so wires, each monitoring

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The Apnex System for Snorers

The Apnex System for Snorers

Snoring has been a problem among couples and if you value your marriage, addressing the issue with a compact device may be a great way to save it and yourself as well. The device is called the Apnex System which is still undergoing testing. Over three million Britons are affected by snoring and hopefully this new contraption can resolve that problem.

Sleep apnea is common in middle-aged men who are overweight, because excess fat around the neck puts pressure on the

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Sharad Kelkar Now Sleep Deprived

Sharad Kelkar

Actor Sharad Kelkar is the newest member of the sleep deprived club thanks to a hectic life in the showbiz industry leaving him with little time to sleep. He has been shooting for long hours which approximate between 16 to 17 hours a day. While he does intend to resolve his sleeping problem, it is apparent that this is just one of the many things that a person has to pay for fame.

To try and make up for lost sleep, he is trying to complete the shooting for Bairi Piya so that he can have a long rest afte

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The Little Sleep Machine

The Little Sleep Machine

Here is another potential solution for the sleep deprived people out there. The Little Sleep Machine is actually a digital sound player preloaded with 3 hours of soothing music that should put anyone in deep sleep. It makes use of natural delta wave frequencies which should help people get much needed respite when they need it the most.

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Sleep Aid iPhone App

Sleep Aid iPhone App

For the people who don’t want to invest in sleep-related machines to determine if they are suffering from sleep apnea, here is a sleep app for the iPhone which you can use. The Sleep Aid is a handy iPhone app that should help determine if you have a breathing problem. Great for snorers, this app can aid you in determining if you are lacking in oxygen or analyze your breathing patterns.

It actually records the user’s snoring, and stores them each night to compare them in a graph, to see if there are any major changes in the cycles. It also contains examples of what pe

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Sleep Inducing Milk Being Tested in Taiwan

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For the sleep deprived people who have exhausted all means to find a suitable sleep disorder cure, perhaps this sleep inducing milk can be the next solution. New Image Group is trying out a new sleep inducing formula in Taiwan which if perfected may hit the market by mid 2010. The milk product contains a high level of peptides, or protein fractions, which are believed to help people sleep.

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Actelion Sleep Drug Causes Safety Concern

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The Almorexant insomnia drug from Actelion seems to be far from safe for now. After late-stage trials showed unspecified safety concerns, this drug which was supposed to be another medical alternative may not be suitable until they pinpoint the real safety constraint surrounding this sleep drug. More data was reportedly needed and unless that issue has been ironed out, sleep deprived individuals may as well avoid the sleep drug for now to avoid health complications that may be brought about.

Several safety observations had been made in results over 16 days from the Phase III

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Ohio Day Care Sued for Using Melatonin on Kids

Covenant Apostolic Church Inc.

Holding a daycare is serious work but to putting kids to rest or sleep is something that they should specialize in, especially if they become tired. However, it does not follow that they should use supplements or drugs to put kids to sleep. Other than being dangerous, kids should not be exposed to such kinds of supplements. Besides, they have a duty to do and by resorting to this act, it is a way of cheating people for their money and gambling with the little tykes’ health.

The lawsuit was filed against the Covenant Apostolic Church Inc. where day care workers reportedly u

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Silenor Insomnia Drug Still Unapproved

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For the second time in a row the Silenor drug for Insomnia has been declined. Apparently the drug did not meet the approval standards for efficacy though no clinical issues were being placed in question. The FDA has requested the company to submit an amended risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS), including a medication guide to be distributed with the product.

Apparently this has been affecting the share value of the company which has dropped by more than 60%. The FDA declined to approve the drug back in February after citing concerns relating to heart health were t

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