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GBAT is an Innovative Surgery for Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Mars experiment might help insomniacs on Earth

Study Links Children's Sleep Problems to School Problems, Especially in African Americans

Sleep linked to brain cell creation

National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute Releases Report On Sleep Disorders And Sleep Deprivation

Sleeping sickness - article from The Dominion Post

Sleep less, live longer? - Increased Death Rate Associated
With Sleeping 8 Hours or More

Jet-lag - a review - Lancet, November 1997

The Sleepy Teenager

The Economist article on sleep - December 2002

Scents will not rouse us from slumber - People cannot rely on their sense of smell to awaken them to the danger of fire.

Experimental drug eszopiclone improves sleep in older patients, study shows

Study indicates new drug eszopiclone (trade name Lunesta) works in treating long-term insomnia

How Well Are You Sleeping - FDA Consumer Article

Unconscious bingeing in the dead of night - Washington Post, Sept 2004

Study says therapy better than pills in treating sleep-onset insomnia

Risks of Short Sleeping

Is Your Doctor Too Drowsy? - Time magazine story

Neurocrine Submits New Drug Application (NDA) for Indiplon Modified Release Tablets for the Treatment of Insomnia - Press Release from Neurocrine, Nov. 2004

Sleeping on the job - Canberra Times

Yawning, Snoring Could Be Sleep Apnea - Associated Press

Scientist warns lack of shut-eye dangerous. - The Daily Pennsylvanian, Nov 2004

Average sunrise time predicts depression prevalence

Xyrem sNDA May Improve Primary Symptoms of Narcolepsy

Ramelteon - new type of insomnia medication

Gaboxadol - a GABA-A receptor agonist

The Epworth Sleepiness Scale may not reflect objective measures of sleepiness or sleep apnea

MIT study confirms melatonin's value as sleep aid

Music Improves Sleep Quality in Older Adults, Researchers Find

Study Finds Possible Mechanism for Link Between Sleep Disturbances and Metabolic Syndrome

Alcohol and Sleep

Brain stimulation for sleep deprivation

New Finding about Alcohol and Sleep

Never underestimate the power of a good night's rest - New Scientist, May 28, 2005

Sleep Anxiety Leads Many to the Medicine Cabinet - The New York Times, June 5, 2005

Free radicals may set off apnea's cardio dangers - Scientific American, June 6, 2005

Deep into Sleep - While researchers probe sleep's functions, sleep itself is becoming a lost art. - Harvard Magazine, July 2005

Poor sleep is not a normal part of aging - August 2005

Researchers says: Brain areas stop communicating with each other as sleep sets in - October 2005

Ecological Niche May Dictate Sleep Habits - October 2005

Midnight munchies linked to Ambien - March 2006

Focus: What price a good night's sleep? - Times of London - June 2006

Scientists working on sleep/wake equation - The Leader-Post, June 2006

Too much sleep may double risk of Parkinson's Disease - July 2006

Sleep deprivation doubles risks of obesity in both children and adults - July 2006

Scientist sheds light on workings of internal clock - August 2006

Sleep researchers trying to find jet lag remedies - Aug 2006

The Science of Zzzzz’s - Aug 2006

University gives Sleeping Classes - Sept 2006

A New Understanding of Sleep? - Sept 2006

Sleep it off - Nature article on the relationship between obesity and sleep debt

News analysis: The secrets of sleep - Oct 2006

Lack of sleep may impact on moral judgement

Stars and Stripes: Dreaming of Sleep - story about sleep deprivation among U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

 

 

 

 

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Mars experiment could help insomniacs

Lose sleep: lose new brain cells

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"O Sleep, rest of all things, mildest of the gods, balm of the soul..."

(Iris to Hypnos. Ovid, Metamorphoses)